Resources / Historical Documents Archive
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.1982 White House Federalism Initiative – Jan. 25 Draft
April 16,2015 Internal White House summary of a proposed "New Federalism" initiative for President Reagan, dated January 1982, which would have turned back significant highway and mass transit spending (and their...1977 President Carter Handwritten Note to Sec. Adams Opposing New Subway Systems
March 24,2015 President Carter's March 1977 handwritten note to new Transportation Secretary Brock Adams explaining why the President thought most new subway systems were a bad idea.1962 Sorensen Memo to JFK on Draft Transportation Message to Congress
March 16,2015 A memo to President Kennedy from his senior advisor Ted Sorensen written on March 16, 1962, as the Administration was working on the text of the transportation message to Congress that the President...1972 Highway Bill “No Bill” Strategy Memo
March 12,2015 In October 1972, House and Senate negotiations over the biannual highway bill were breaking down over the issue of whether or not the Highway Trust Fund should be opened up to fund mass transit...1978 President Carter Meeting on Airline Deregulation Bill
March 03,2015 This week’s ETW Document of the Week is a Carter Administration memo preparing the President for a meeting with the chairmen of the House and Senate transportation committees, Rep. Harold...
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.