Resources / Historical Documents Archive
December 1969 USDOT “RailPax” Passenger Rail Proposal
January 13,2020 This is the text of the draft legislation sent by the U.S. Department of Transportation in December 1969 to the White House Bureau of the Budget for legislative clearance (the process by which BoB,...
September 1959 Highway Trust Fund Bailout Announcement
September 09,2019 This is a White House press release dated September 9, 1959 announcing that President Eisenhower had just requested the first-ever bailout of the Highway Trust Fund from general revenues – a $359...October 1959 Highway Contract Control Order
September 09,2019 The documents from the Commerce Department and the Bureau of Public Roads ordering the first-ever limitations on the ability of states to obligate their highway contract authority, in October 1959.
Stakeholder Quotes from 1959 House Gas Tax Hearings
September 07,2019 The House Ways and Means Committee held three days of hearings in July 1959 on President Eisenhower's proposed 1.5 cent gasoline and diesel tax increase, requested in order to keep the Highway Trust...1959 Eisenhower Administration Proposed Motor Fuel Increase Legislation
September 05,2019 This is the transmission from the Commerce Department on April 3, 1959 of the Eisenhower Administration's proposed legislation increasing motor fuels excise taxes and also transferring tax receipts...December 1, 1958 White House Budget Recommendation for Gas Tax Increase
September 05,2019 This is a memo dated December 1, 1958 within the White House Bureau of the Budget outlining the Bureau's recommendation to increase federal gasoline and diesel excise taxes by 50 percent (from 3.0...1959 Highway Trust Fund Revenue Bonding Proposal
September 02,2019 This is a PDF file containing documents relating to the 1959 proposal to finance a shortfall in Highway Trust Fund revenues by the issuance of special revenue bonds, outside the regular Treasury...April 15, 1958 White House Meeting with Legislative Leaders on the Highway Bill
August 21,2019 This is a PDF of the notes taken by the White House assistant staff secretary on the April 15, 1958 regular White House meeting with Republican Congressional leaders. Topics included the possible...March 4, 1958 White House Meeting with Legislative Leaders on Highways
August 18,2019 These are notes taken by the White House Assistant Staff Secretary of the regular weekly White House meeting between the President, his senior staff, and the Republican leadership of Congress on...1958 Eisenhower Draft Bill Nullifying the Byrd Test
August 18,2019 This is a draft bill sent by the Commerce Department to the Bureau of the Budget for legislative clearance on March 6, 1958 (together with draft cover letter to Congress) to waive application of the...
Someone once asked me if all of the transportation policy history articles I have written for ETW were collected in one place. They were not, so now they are. Multi-Part Series: A Conversation With Alan Boyd, the First U.S. Secretary of Transportation Part 1 (February...
For over a quarter century, the Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP) worked to ensure safer communities and smarter transportation choices that enhance the economy, improve public health, promote social equity, and protect the environment. From its earliest days impacting the landmark Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, STPP was always on the vanguard of transportation reform in the United States.
Eno is proud to host the archive of STPP’s website which contains a repository of STPP reports, information, and activities.