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Alternative Approaches to Funding Highways
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE Summary About 25 percent of the nation’s highways, which carry about 85 percent of all road traffic, are paid for in part by the federal government; the remaining funding...
View ArticleThe Federal Transportation Program and the New Budget Realities
Innovation NewsBriefs Vol. 22, No. 11 As Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan is fond of saying, the debate in Congress has changed from how much we should spend to how much spending we should cut. The...
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Cleaner Rivers for the National Capital Region: Sharing the Cost
BROOKINGS INSTITUTE Introduction The nation’s capital, like other older American cities, is partially served by a combined sewer system (CSS) in which pipes carry both storm water and sewage or waste...
View ArticleInfrastructure Bank: Tricky, But Just Do It
Transportation Issues Daily Can’t we stop wringing our hands about the concerns of establishing a National Infrastructure Bank and just do it? For years a National Infrastructure Bank has been touted...
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Status of the Highway Trust Fund
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE The Highway Trust Fund The federal government’s surface transportation programs are financed mostly through the Highway Trust Fund, an accounting mechanism in the federal...
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Five Key Differences Between House and Senate Water Transportation Bills
Transportation Issues Daily The Senate passed its version of a maritime transportation bill (WRDA) last May. The House begins debating its bill (WRRDA) today, so we don’t yet know what the final...
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The Highway Trust Fund and Surface Transportation Programs in the Federal Budget
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE Summary The federal government spends more than $50 billion per year on surface transportation programs, mostly in the form of grants to state and local governments. Much of...
View ArticleSome Fresh Thinking About Funding Infrastructure
Innovation NewsbriefsVol. 26, No. 4 In observance of “Infrastructure Week,” May 11-15… With the deadline to reauthorize the federal surface transportation program just twenty days away, the...
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Options for Paying for Highway Spending
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE Summary In 2014, governments at various levels spent $165 billion to build, operate, and maintain highways, and they spent $65 billion on mass transit systems. For both...
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