Resources / Historical Documents Archive
April 1969 DOT Decision Memo on Mass Transit Bill
July 11,2019 This is a memo to Transportation Secretary Volpe dated April 25, 1969 outlining the proposed mass transit reauthorization bill, listing the objections of some DOT senior staff, and asking the...1969 UMTA Task Force Report on Transit Reauthorization
July 11,2019 This is an April 15, 1969 report of an internal Urban Mass Transportation Administration report framing the issues at stake for the forthcoming urban mass transportation reauthorization proposal and...Nixon 1969 Message to Congress on Airports and Airways
June 18,2019 This is House Document 91-130, the message that President Richard Nixon transmitted to Congress on June 16, 1969 to accompany and explain proposed legislation to create a significant new investment...Hoover Commission Staff Summary of Brookings Task Force Report on Transportation
May 03,2019 This is an internal Hoover Commission staff memo dated October 27, 1948 by H.W. Metz summarizing the voluminous report of the Commission's Task Force on Transportation prepared by the Brookings...1948 Report of the Hoover Commission Task Force on Transportation
May 02,2019 This is the final report of the Task Force on Transportation of the first Hoover Commission, dated October 15, 1948.1949 Draft Hoover Commission Report on Reorganization of the Commerce Department
April 16,2019 This is the fourth draft of the report on the reorganization of the Department of Commerce prepared by the Commission on Reorganization of the Executive Branch (the "Hoover Commission"). This fourth...1949 Hoover Commission Debate on Transportation Reorganization
April 16,2019 This is an 86-page unpublished transcript of the debate of the Commission on Reorganization of the Executive Branch (the "Hoover Commission") on January 12, 1949 at which they approved their report...
Document Compilation: Truman Administration Efforts to Reorganize Federal Transportation Functions in 1946
April 08,2019 This 105-page PDF file contains 17 original source documents found in the Bureau of the Budget’s transportation reorganization subject file at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland.1945 Burden Memo on Postwar Civil Aviation Policy
April 06,2019 This 13-page April 1945 white paper from the Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of War for Air 13-page white paper advocates a vigorous program of federal promotion and financial assistance...
1932 Treasury Letter Recommending First Gasoline Tax
October 28,2018 This is a letter marked "CONFIDENTIAL" from Treasury Secretary Ogden L. Mills to Acting House Ways and Means chairman Charles L. Crisp dated February 16, 1932 recommending that Congress enact a new...
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.