1955 “Weeks Report” – Revision of Federal Transportation Policy
This is the version of the “Weeks Report” of the President’s Advisory Committee on Transport Policy and Organization, as released to the press on April 18, 1955.
By Jeff Davis
This is the version of the “Weeks Report” of the President’s Advisory Committee on Transport Policy and Organization, as released to the press on April 18, 1955.
By Jeff Davis
This 12-page PDF document contains items relating to the Cabinet Meeting of January 28, 1955, which considered a draft Special Transportation Message to Congress from President Eisenhower.
By Jeff Davis
This is a 39-page PDF file relating to the Cabinet meeting of December 17, 1954 where the initial draft of the “Weeks Report” (the report of the Cabinet Committee on Transport Policy and Organization) was…
By Jeff Davis
This is a PDF of a Bureau of the Budget internal memorandum dated January 3, 1950 entitled “Reorganization of Federal Transportation Activities.” Though this copy is unsigned, earlier drafts indicate it was written by the…
By Jeff Davis
This PDF file is an exchange of letters between former President Herbert Hoover and President Harry S. Truman in July 1949.
By Jeff Davis
Documents showing how the White House analyzed and edited the Commerce Department’s 1960 report “Federal Transportation Policy and Program.”
By Jeff Davis
Details of the March 1958 Cabinet meeting that finalized Eisenhower Administration railroad policy.
By Jeff Davis
This PDF document is a 480-page compilation of every annual report on the operations of the federal Highway Trust Fund issued by the Treasury Department from its inception in 1957 through 2020, covering fiscal years…
By Jeff Davis
This is the White House file on the appointment of the President’s Advisory Committee on a National Highway Program in 1954.
By Jeff Davis
This is a draft bill dated June 1, 1954 written by John S. Bragdon, who was then the public works staffer for President Eisenhower’s Council of Economic Advisers
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.
Eno is an independent, non-partisan think-tank that shapes public debate on critical multimodal transportation issues and builds an innovative network of transportation professionals.
1629 K Street NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
P: 202.879.4700