Issues & Modes / Highways and Streets
Highway Funding in New House COVID Bill Reinforces Funding Formula Inequities
May 13, 2020 | Jeff DavisYesterday's $3+ trillion coronavirus relief bill introduced by House Democrats (H.R. 6800, the HEROES Act) includes a $15 billion...
$15 Billion for State DOTs, $15.75 Billion More For Transit in Latest House Democratic COVID Bill
May 12, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis afternoon, House Democrats unveiled their $3 trillion, 1,815-page coronavirus response bill, that follows the $2.6 trillion bill...
Distribution of $50 Billion in Aid to State DOTs Under Two Scenarios
May 05, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis is a two-page PDF file, containing two tables. The first table shows how much money each state raised in dedicated tax revenues...
How Should Congress Distribute Funding for State Transportation Revenue Replacement?
May 05, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe novel coronavirus's suppression of demand for transportation and commerce is having significant effects on tax revenues at all...
Guest Op-Ed: Atlanta Adopts Vision Zero. Now Comes the Hard Part: Implementation
Apr 24, 2020 | David EdererThis week the City of Atlanta joined the increasingly long list of American cities adopting Vision Zero policies. Atlanta faces an...
Has Coronavirus Started Affecting Highway Outlays?
Apr 23, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe effects of coronavirus on dedicated Highway Trust Fund revenues is pretty straightforward – stay-at-home orders and "social...
Webinar: There’s No Tool Like Curbs: The Powerful Mobility Tool Every City Already Has
Apr 29, 2020 | Madeline GormanCities are looking to their transportation systems to promote mobility, safety, equity, climate and accessibility goals. Some trends,...
DOT and EPA Roll Back Obama-Era Automobile Fuel Efficiency Standards
Apr 03, 2020 | Brianne EbyOn March 31, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the...
House Democrats Seek to Move Previously Planned $760 Billion Infrastructure Bill As Next Response to Coronavirus
Apr 01, 2020 | Jeff DavisHouse Democratic leaders announced at a press conference today that they hope to include their $760 billion, five-year infrastructure...
Final Version of $2 Trillion COVID Response Bill Has $114 Billion for Transportation
Mar 25, 2020 | Jeff Davis5:40 a.m. 3/26/2020 update: Earlier this morning, the Senate passed H.R. 748, as amended with the coronavirus aid package, by a vote of...
Surface Transportation Aid Requests Mount
Mar 20, 2020 | Jeff DavisRequests for federal aid to the surface transportation sector increased this week, with state DOTs asking for almost $17 billion in...
Truckers, Barrasso Spar Over Truck-Only VMT Tax
Mar 06, 2020 | Jeff DavisA nasty spat has erupted between the trucking lobby and the chairman of the Senate committee that funds the federal-aid highway...
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,...