Issues & Modes / Highways and Streets
USMCA Trade Bill Addresses Trucking Competition
Dec 19, 2019 | Jeff DavisThis week, the House of Representatives passed the bill implementing the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA), which repeals...
DOT Makes $1B in New TIFIA Loans
Dec 19, 2019 | Jeff DavisIn the last seven days, the U.S. Department of Transportation has announced over $1 billion in new federal direct loans under the TIFIA...
DOT Releases Updated Highway-Transit-Freight Conditions and Performance Report
Dec 11, 2019 | Jeff DavisA long-awaited new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation was quietly released last week (two years late) and indicates that...
Partial Highway Statistics for 2018 Released
Dec 06, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Highway Administration has begun publishing the voluminous tables that will eventually comprise Highway Statistics 2018 as...
Trump Signs Law Funding Government Through Dec. 20, Canceling $7.6 Billion Highway Rescission
Nov 22, 2019 | Jeff DavisPresident Trump has signed into law a bill (H.R. 3055) that will provide funding for federal agencies from today through midnight on...
One-Month CR With Highway Rescission Fix Goes to President’s Desk
Nov 21, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe U.S. Senate has passed a one-month stopgap appropriations measure which also contains a repeal of the $7.6 billion cut in highway...
2nd FY20 CR Introduced in House Repeals $7.6B Highway Rescission
Nov 18, 2019 | Jeff DavisEarlier this afternoon, House Democratic leaders released the text of a second fiscal year 2020 stopgap appropriations measure, this...
FHWA Releases State-by-State Totals for July 2020 Highway Funding Cut
Nov 04, 2019 | Jeff DavisThis morning, the Federal Highway Administration sent the state DOTs their estimated allocations of the $7.6 billion cut in highway...
Senate Debates FY20 DOT Appropriations: Highway Rescission Fix Offered
Oct 25, 2019 | Jeff DavisThis week, the U.S. Senate took up a $209 billion package of four appropriations bills for fiscal year 2020, including the...
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2020 Highway Rescission May Get Repealed in Defense Bill
Oct 18, 2019 | Jeff DavisA looming $7.6 billion cut in highway funding scheduled to take place on July 1, 2020 may be repealed in the National Defense...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...
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,...