Jeff Davis is a Senior Fellow with the Eno Center for Transportation and is also the Editor of the Eno Transportation Weekly.

Jeff came to Washington in 1988 to attend The American University and soon began working on Capitol Hill for the ranking minority member of the House Rules Committee. For six years he worked on a wide variety of legislative, budget process oversight and parliamentary procedure issues.

In January 1996 Jeff joined a transportation consulting firm and worked extensively on the FAA, Amtrak and surface transportation reauthorization laws in 1996-1998 as well as various appropriations bills.  He founded his own research and consulting business in June 1998 and published Transportation Weekly, a news service covering federal transportation and public works, from 1999-2014.

He joined the Eno Center in January 2015. His work focuses on analysis of the federal transportation budget and the long-term trends in transportation funding and policy.

Follow him on Twitter at @JDwithTW

Eno Transportation Weekly Articles

House Defeats Senate Aviation Safety Bill by One Vote, Next Steps Still Unclear

February 27, 2026 - This week, the House of Representatives rejected, by one vote, a Senate-passed aviation safety bill (S. 2503, the ROTOR Act). House leaders said they hoped that the House would put its...

Senate Confirms S-3, NTSB Nominees

February 27, 2026 - The U.S. Senate confirmed two transportation-related nominations this week. Ryan McCormick was confirmed to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, and John DeLeeuw was confirmed to a seat on the...

Research

Yahoo News|November 6, 2024

Benefits and Beneficiaries of the Nation’s Inland Waterways

The Europeans settled the United States via waterborne transportation. Settlements, and then cities, first arose where there were natural seaports. They later developed along rivers as far upstream as the boats of the time could...

Yahoo News|July 24, 2023

Driving Change: Advice For The National VMT-Fee Pilot

The US faces funding challenges for transportation infrastructure due to changing vehicle technology. To address this, a national pilot program for a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) fee is being established. Recommendations include simplicity, scalability, and...