Issues & Modes / Highways and Streets
White House Tries to Mediate Supply Chain Disruptions
Oct 22, 2021 | Jeff DavisFour months after creating a White House Task Force on Supply Chain Disruptions, and six weeks after appointing former Deputy U.S....
GAO’s 10 Options for Climate-Resilient Roads
Sep 24, 2021 | Jeff DavisA new report out this week from the U.S. Government Accountability Office examines ways that the Federal Highway Administration could...
Op-Ed: Why Automated Driving Faces a Monster Uphill Battle
Sep 17, 2021 | Paul LewisMy three-year-old daughter takes her friend’s power wheels car for a first-time spin. I briefly show her how to turn the steering...
Earmark Patterns in the House’s INVEST Act
Jul 23, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Highway Administration has completed its highway funding projections under the INVEST in America Act (H.R. 3684), as passed...
Webinar: COVID-19 Mobility Adaptations: Building a Knowledge Base for New Practices
Jul 08, 2021 | Madeline GormanWith the COVID-19 pandemic came a rapid increase in demand for safe, physically distant space for walking and cycling. Thousands of...
Can Biden build a bridge to fix America’s infrastructure problems?
May 28, 2021 | Paul LewisDesigned to support state-level transportation projects, Paul Lewis, vice president of policy at Eno Center for Transportation, said...
Infrastructure overhaul should focus more on safety, advocates say
May 27, 2021 | Paul LewisThe administration still hasn’t spelled out a lot of details about the initial plan, but more than $400 billion apparently would go...
The repair of a vital Memphis bridge could take 2 months, chief engineer says. The impacts are already being felt
May 13, 2021 | Paul Lewis"A bridge like this could likely qualify, but it's hard to say what the metrics will be," said Paul Lewis, vice president of policy and...
Guest Op-Ed: The Current State of Public Policy for Autonomous Trucking
May 07, 2021 | Finch FultonThe US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has long advocated for the benefits autonomous vehicles can bring to the nation’s...
White House plan calls for large expansion of federal government’s role in transportation
Mar 31, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe Biden administration is calling for $365 billion in highway spending, $189 billion for transit and $94 billion for rail over five...
Can Congress fix I-80? How Biden’s expected infrastructure plan could impact Sacramento
Mar 30, 2021 | Paul LewisSaying a bridge is deficient “doesn’t mean the bridge is about to fall down. That kind of thing is very rare. Things that engineers...
Proceed With Caution Regarding Transportation Earmarks, Stakeholders Say
Mar 15, 2021 | Jeff DavisJeff Davis hopes lawmakers will tread cautiously. “I just hope they can restrain themselves,” he said.
This year, the federal government gave $45.6 billion in highway “formula” funding to the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The state-by-state distribution of this money was based almost entirely on how the states fared on a variety of real-world metrics back in calendar year 2007,...