Issues & Modes / Highways and Streets
The Creation of Contract Authority, June 1922
Jun 03, 2022 | Jeff Davis(Some of this material was originally published in Transportation Weekly on October 10, 2007) One hundred years ago this week, a...
DOT Rolls Out $1 Billion/Year Safe Streets Grant Program
May 20, 2022 | Jeff DavisOn May 16, the U.S. Department of Transportation solicited applications for $1 billion in grants for a new program providing direct aid...
Gasoline Prices Rise Again, Diesel Supplies Tightening in Northeast
May 13, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives is scheduled to vote next week on a bill making it a federal crime to sell gasoline at an "unconscionably...
Guest Op-Ed: Why Workforce Development Should Be Included in Freight Transportation Plans
Apr 29, 2022 | Clay BarnesThroughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States’ supply chain system has been strained from significant demand. While some...
Guest Op-Ed: A Hotter Solution for Freeway Congestion
Mar 18, 2022 | Patrick DeCorla-SouzaAfter the pandemic, freeway congestion will continue to intensify around large, growing metropolitan areas, even though teleworking...
Guest Op-Ed: Repurposed Streets + Small Vehicles = Big Wins for Climate, Safety, and Justice
Mar 04, 2022 | Kevin J. KrizekThree-quarters of the U.S. population resides in cities and suburbs which share a common denominator: proximity to destinations. As a...
A History of the Secretary’s Ability to Approve (or Disapprove) Highway Projects
Mar 04, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe release of an unusual "policy statement" by the Federal Highway Administration in mid-December 2021 sparked a partisan row over...
For Pete’s Sake! Sec. Buttigieg Won’t Push Back on States that Ignore Equity, Climate Guidelines
Mar 01, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Highway Administration guidelines are, in fact, advisories that are not legally binding, as Jeff Davis of the Eno...
Links to the Text of Major Highway and Mass Transit Authorization Laws
Feb 27, 2022 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONLinks to the Text of Major Highway and Mass Transit Authorization Laws 2021 IIJA (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), a.k.a....
Webinar: The Emerging Future of Supply Chains
Mar 09, 2022 | Madeline GormanMany of the goods imported into the U.S. rely on intricate, finely-tuned, international supply chains. When the COVID-19 pandemic...
One of the Infrastructure Plan’s Biggest Winners Is the Pavement You Drive On
Feb 19, 2022 | Jeff DavisLast April, after Mr. Biden unveiled a jobs plan that prioritized rebuilding roads and bridges, transportation groups began...
Guest Op-Ed: Protecting Pedestrians, Our Most Vulnerable Road Users
Feb 11, 2022 | David Schwebel, Ph.DOur roads are filled with all kinds of users. We see trucks and cars, of course. We also see motorcycles, bicycles, and increasing...
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,...