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The post Webinar: Repair Priorities 2026 | What the data says about road conditions and spending appeared first on Transportation For America.

As in their first term, it appears the Trump administration is again attempting to slow down or stop transit capital expansion projects across the country. Unlike those previous attempts in 2017-2018, from which they ultimately relented, they are employing new methods to flout the will of Congress on transportation yet again. Yet somehow, leaders from The post USDOT’s historic failure to advance any new transit projects in 14 months may be a sign of things to come appeared first on Transportation For America.

Despite $1.5T in transportation spending, U.S. road conditions show only marginal improvement, new report finds State spending on repair has increased, but record levels of roadway expansion continue to increase the repair backlog Despite historic levels of federal transportation funding and modest shifts in state spending toward prioritizing repair, the condition of the nation’s federal-aid-eligible The post New release: Repair Priorities 2026 appeared first on Transportation For America.

The debate over the surface transportation reauthorization bill is already underway, and early proposals show just how much is at stake for the future of our transportation system. As Congress gears up for surface transportation reauthorization, a slew of marker bills has emerged. These standalone proposals signal priorities, test ideas, and lay the groundwork for The post The good, the bad, and the ugly: early signals for reauthorization appeared first on Transportation For America.

Transit investments are only one piece of the puzzle in a successful transportation system. The North Texas suburbs have forgotten that land-use decisions determine ridership. To make public transportation more useful to residents, the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Metroplex needs to build housing near transit and invest in public transportation so it runs reliably and frequently.  The post Dallas’ suburbs show how poor land use harms transit appeared first on Transportation For America.

With the IIJA expiring in September, a draft version of the next surface transportation reauthorization will eventually be released. As with previous bills, T4America plans to release a public scorecard on how well Congress’s proposal would steer the federal program toward achieving its stated goals. Here’s what we are looking for. Transportation for America is The post Here’s how we will grade the next surface reauthorization bill appeared first on Transportation For America.

Transportation for America (T4America)—a program of Smart Growth America—is seeking a highly skilled individual with deep knowledge, experience, and interest in federal transportation policy development and state/local implementation to help lead the organization’s policy work—with an immediate focus on the ongoing federal reauthorization process.  The ideal candidate will be: intimately familiar with T4America’s three priorities The post We’re hiring: T4America Policy Lead (Senior Policy Manager or Policy Director) appeared first on Transportation For America.

Congress will propose nearly anything other than raising the gas tax to fix the highway trust fund. If Congress actually addressed the program’s total failure to deliver outcomes, maybe it would be easier to build broad support for raising significant new transportation funding. Since 2008, the federal highway trust fund has received infusions from the The post Congress only proposes delusional ideas to fix the highway trust fund appeared first on Transportation For America.

Over the past month, T4America organized briefings for Hill staffers (one each for the House and Senate) about the federal surface transportation reauthorization process to help them advance their members’ priorities, but also hopefully to encourage them to take a more skeptical look at a program producing marginal and diminishing returns for taxpayers at enormous The post “Why do we do this bill?” Preparing congressional staff for surface transportation reauthorization appeared first on Transportation For America.

The Trump administration’s attempt to rip out a protected cycletrack in the nation’s capital has been temporarily delayed by a lawsuit. For everyone else, the USDOT is hoping to cut off those fights before they even start by cancelling billions for these safety projects before shovels ever hit the ground. Since taking office, the Trump The post The Trump administration tried to rip out a bike lane in DC. More than bike lanes are at risk nationwide. appeared first on Transportation For America.