The U.S. Department of Transportation has created a “ticker” that estimates when the fund that is earmarked to pay for highways across the nation will run out of money. The government estimates the ...

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has notified State departments of transportation that Highway Trust Fund (HTF) balances may dip below the threshold of $1 billion. If this occurs, FHWA will ...

Congress is rapidly approaching another fiscal cliff—and many of the nation’s highway, bridge and transit projects could be the major casualties. The federal law that sets national policy and ...

This story appears in the Sept. 15 print edition of Transport Topics. Congress, after an abrupt about-face by the Bush administration, moved quickly last week to transfer more than $8 billion into the ...

The new State Budget, which took effect July 1, appropriates new funding for road and bridge maintenance operations alongside separate long-term investments through capital budgeting and enhanced ...

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