Issues & Modes / Highways and Streets
FHWA Gives States Highway Obligation Authority Through Nov. 21
Oct 18, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Highway Administration on October 10 gave state departments of transportation $5.2 billion in fiscal year 2020 highway...
2020 Highway Rescission May Get Repealed in Defense Bill
Oct 18, 2019 | Jeff DavisA looming $7.6 billion cut in highway funding scheduled to take place on July 1, 2020 may be repealed in the National Defense...
Reducing Transportation Emissions, Improving Air Quality Recurring Themes at Global Cities Climate Summit
Oct 18, 2019 | Brianne EbyOn October 10 and 11, nearly 2,000 global city leaders from the public, private, and civic sectors gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark, for...
CBO Issues Analysis of Nationwide Truck VMT Tax
Oct 17, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe Congressional Budget Office today released a new report entitled Issues and Options for a Tax on Vehicle Miles Traveled by...
Performance Goals Force Some States to Prioritize NHS Bridges, Interstate Maintenance
Oct 16, 2019 | Jeff DavisAs the Eno Center's recent study, Refreshing the Status Quo: Federal Highway Programs and Funding Distribution pointed out, at present,...
FY20 Donor State Update: TX Adjustment Worsens CO, SC Rates of Return
Oct 15, 2019 | Jeff DavisAs ETW noted on October 2, the annual distribution of formula highway funding under the FAST Act is still largely determined by how...
Eno’s Refreshing the Status Quo Investigates New Ways to Distribute Transportation Dollars
Oct 04, 2019 | Paul LewisAs the expiration of the federal surface transportation programs approaches, we at Eno decided to bust out the spreadsheets. Given that...
$43.4B in FY20 Highway Funding Apportioned to States
Oct 03, 2019 | Jeff DavisFiscal year 2020 began on October 1, and the Federal Highway Administration was required to apportion $43.4 billion in highway contract...
Texas Once Again Triggers 95% Donor State Rule for FY 2020
Oct 03, 2019 | Jeff DavisAs part of the FY 2020 highway funding apportionment process this week, it was revealed that, once again, Texas is the only state to...
How State Highway Funding Totals Are Calculated Under the FAST Act
Oct 02, 2019 | Jeff DavisAs part of the Eno Center's release of its new paper, Refreshing the Status Quo: Federal Highway Programs and Funding Distribution,...
FHWA Repeals 103-Year-Old Regulation That Banned Patented Materials in Construction
Sep 27, 2019 | Jeff DavisThis week, the Federal Highway Administration formally lifted a 103-year-old regulation that has banned the use of patented or...
EPA Threatens to Make California Transfer Highway Funding to Mass Transit Projects
Sep 27, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe Environmental Protection Agency on September 23 threatened to start enforcing long-dormant Clean Air Act provisions that would...
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,...