Transportation Funding
Analysis: What does America want from surface transportation reauthorization?
Over 13,000 comments were submitted in the federal Request for Information on surface transportation reauthorization. We analyzed all of them.
Follow Planetizen’s analysis of surface transportation reauthorization
Follow along as we explore the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization bill and its potential impacts on US transportation infrastructure in the coming years.
Why does Maryland's gas tax change every year?
The state's annual gas tax update may still not be enough to keep up with changes in the transportation sector and rising project costs.
Rail advocates: BUILD America 250 Act could slash railway funding by 80%
Leaving rail funding up to annual appropriations threatens to drastically limit its reliability and effectiveness.
Report: 16% of roads that received federal funds remain in poor condition
Despite a glut of federal funding, most state DOTs used the money for expanding highways instead of maintaining existing roads.
DOT withholds $73M from New York over immigrant trucking licenses
The Trump administration is requiring states to revoke the CDLs of non-domiciled drivers without proof of citizenship or risk losing federal funds.
Five reasons infrastructure costs are spiking
State DOTs face a $86 billion shortfall over the next 10 years.
San Diego budget axes multimodal team at DOT
The budget scales back funding for some bike lane and traffic safety projects that are already in the works.
Trump budget slashes passenger rail funding by 82%
The White House's proposed FY2027 budget makes drastic cuts to public transit and eliminates high-speed rail funding altogether.
Sacramento Faces a $5 Billion Backlog of Transportation Projects
Between 2015 and 2024, 22,538 injury or fatal crashes occurred on Sacramento streets.
Spokane Passes 12% Parking Tax
The new tax will support city transportation projects.
Almost Half of US Roads are Locally Owned, but Receive Just 16% of Federal Funds. Local Leaders Want That to Change.
A coalition of state and local officials is calling on Congress to change how federal transportation funds are allocated to give local governments more control.
NYC-NJ Gateway Tunnel Project to Stop Work Next Week if DOT Doesn’t Release Funding
The federal government hasn’t released funding frozen during last October’s government shutdown.
USDOT Ends Effort to Tie Transportation Funding to ICE Cooperation
The department ended its effort to challenge a court ruling barring it from withholding federal grants over immigration enforcement.
Legal Standoff Over Federal Funding for California High-Speed Rail Heats up
A judge dismissed the Trump administration’s request to throw out a lawsuit brought by the state’s high-speed rail authority.
Trump Administration Proposes to Divert Billions from Mass Transit to Highways; Advocates Sound Alarm
Two proposals from the Trump DOT would eliminate a federal mass transit fund and make it harder for states to allocate funding to transit projects.
Report: Caltrans Models, Which Guide Billions in Transportation Funding, are Inaccurate and Outdated
Many of the predictive models used by California’s transportation agency fail to account for post-pandemic travel patterns and induced demand.
Federal Judge Rules Trump Can’t Tie Transportation Funding to Immigration Policy
The judge said the administration did not offer “any plausible connection” between transportation projects and immigration enforcement.
USDOT Threatens to Bar California From Issuing Trucking Licenses
In the wake of three fatal crashes involving immigrant truck drivers, Transportation Secretary Duffy says the department could pull $160 million in funding and bar the state from issuing new licenses.
Trump Freezes $2.1 Billion for Chicago Transit and Infrastructure Projects
The administration plans to revoke federal funding over what it calls “discriminatory, illegal, and wasteful contracting practices.”
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
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