Resources / Historical Documents Archive
1965 Moyers Memos to Develop 1966 Transportation Legislative Proposals
August 06,2015 August 1965 memoranda from White House advisor Bill Moyers relating to meetings “to identify and lay plans for the careful development and review of potential legislative proposals to the second...1955 Democratic National Committee Opposition Research Memo on the Clay Commission Highway Plan
July 20,2015 April 1955 opposition research memo from the Democratic National Committee criticizing the "Clay Commission" Interstate highway plan submitted by President Eisenhower.1965 FAA Administrator Halaby Resignation Letter to LBJ
June 30,2015 June 30, 1965 resignation letter from FAA Administrator Najeeb Halaby to President Johnson where Halaby recommends the creation of a new Department of Transportation to include the FAA.1215 Magna Carta Excerpt on the Obligation to Build Bridges
June 15,2015 Analysis of the provision in Magna Carta preventing the Crown from forcing local landowners to build bridges across navigable waterways.1982 White House Gas Tax Decision Memoranda
June 09,2015 A series of three late November 1982 memos from DOT and OMB trying to refute the arguments that each agency made to President Reagan in the final Cabinet meetings to determine whether or not the...1961 HHFA Recommended Urban Planning Draft Legislation
June 03,2015 A June 1961 memo to President Kennedy from the head of the Housing and Home Finance Agency transmitting the draft legislation to give permission for two or more states to establish joint planning...1923 U.K. Cabinet Memo on Road Fund Revenue Dedication
May 19,2015 A January 1923 memo to the U.K. Cabinet by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury questioning the wisdom of the Road Fund (created in 1909 with a dedicated revenue stream from motor vehicle taxes)...1978 White House Strategy Memo on Trucking and Rail Deregulation Proposals
May 13,2015 Briefing papers given to President Carter in anticipation of his December 11, 1978 meeting with Transportation Secretary Brock Adams where the two would decide on a general strategy for pursuit of...1975 White House Freight Rail Assistance Decision Memo
May 08,2015 Briefing papers prepared for President Ford in advance of an April 1975 meeting to discuss what kind of freight railroad rescue package to request from Congress. The legislation eventually became the...1969 Oral History Interview With Charles Zwick RE: Creation of USDOT
April 21,2015 Oral history given by former OMB Deputy Director Charles Zwick, who played an integral role in the creation of the Department of Transportation.
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.
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