Resources / Historical Documents Archive
1970 Preliminary Report on Basic National Rail Passenger System
March 11,2021 This is a preliminary report made by Transportation Secretary John Volpe on November 30, 1970 outlining the endpoint routes that the soon-to-exist National Rail Passenger Corporation would have to...1970 ICC Review of Preliminary Report on Basic National Rail Passenger System
March 11,2021 This is a December 29, 1970 report of the Interstate Commerce Commission giving the ICC's review of the October 1970 Preliminary Report on Basic National Rail Passenger System issued by the U.S....
White House “Railpax” Memos, January-March 1970
October 28,2020 This PDF file contains a series of internal White House memos, and correspondence between the Department of Transportation and the White House, from January-March 1970 on the subject of DOT's...
Jeff Davis Presentation on Eisenhower and Transportation
September 15,2020 This is a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation that Eno's Jeff Davis gave at the Capitol Historical Society Heritage Lecture on September 14, 2020 (virtually) on President Eisenhower's transportation...1953 Buckner Highway Study for Eisenhower
September 15,2020 This is a study of a national system of federal toll roads commissioned by Dwight Eisenhower during his pre-presidential transition in New York City in late 1952. It was written by Walter Buckner, a...
April 1960 BPR Memo on Interstates in Urban Areas
September 14,2020 This is a memo from the Bureau of Public Roads entitled "Memorandum on the Interstate System in Urban Areas." It was evidently brought by Administrator Bert Tallamy to the pivotal meeting with...
Initiating the Bragdon Highway Study
September 14,2020 This PDF file is a collection of documents from the Bureau of the Budget's files in the National Archives about the commencement of a study of the Interstate highway program in 1959.
Clay Committee Report Original Transmittal Letter
September 12,2020 This is a PDF of the original letter from the five members of President Eisenhower's "Clay Committee" transmitting their final report on "A 10-Year National Highway Program."January 1956 White House Meeting with GOP Leaders on Highway Bill
September 12,2020 This is an internal White House summary of the January 31, 1956 meeting between President Eisenhower, his staff and key Cabinet members with House and Senate Republican leaders. The summary is a...April 1960 Eisenhower Guidelines on Interstate Highway Construction
September 12,2020 This PDF file is a copy of a one-page memorandum dated April 11, 1960 from President Eisenhower to the Secretary of Commerce listing seven guidelines on the future construction of the Interstate...
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.