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New report highlights the nation’s best Complete Streets policies

A new report from Smart Growth America evaluates and ranks the strongest Complete Streets policies adopted in 2023 and 2024, spotlighting the communities taking bold steps to make their streets safer and more accessible for everyone who uses them. These policies—ranging from large metros like

Unlocking the benefits of transit-oriented development

It’s time to make the most of our limited federal transit money by encouraging and incentivizing more transit-oriented development, and by using the value that transit creates to improve, expand, and support more transit service in more places.Introduction to Invest in the RestInvest in the

How to make repair the rule, not the exception

Our Fix It First principle represents an incredibly basic but fundamental shift in federal transportation policy: prioritizing the repair of existing infrastructure before funding new projects. But implementing this shift will require a new process for setting targets to improve infrastructure conditions, and more accountability

More money, no results: How states avoid accountability for crumbling, deadly roads

Two crucial parts of our policy platform are requiring states to set targets to improve safety and the state of repair on their roads and bridges, and then holding them accountable for meeting them. But before we can explain those ideas in depth, it’s vital

The highway trust fund isn’t on life support—it’s been dead since 2008

The looming insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund in 2028 is a golden opportunity to ask why we’re protecting a program that no longer pays for itself while failing to deliver on what matters.Our failing federal transportation program is supposed to be completely paid for

Transportation reauthorization webinar series

The upcoming federal transportation reauthorization is an opportunity to shape how billions of dollars will be spent on our transportation infrastructure. Our new policy proposals for the upcoming reauthorization focus on radically updating this program to make it more accountable to taxpayers, helping them achieve

Someone who is good at the economy please help AASHTO budget this our country is dying

The stakeholders most responsible for producing the mediocre outcomes on transportation—poor road conditions, increased congestion, continued emissions, record pedestrian deaths—believe all taxpayers should hand over an additional $210 billion above what the gas tax brings in to keep producing more of the same for the

The “skinny” FY26 budget framework impacts transportation more than meets the eye

On the surface, President Trump’s FY26 “skinny budget” framework, released on Friday, May 2, 2025, suggests limited implications for the nation’s transportation funding. However, a closer look reveals that the budget, if implemented, stands to have outsized funding impacts on programs tied to Complete Streets,

Reconnecting Communities projects are under threat. Here is what’s at stake and where:

On April 30, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will look to cut billions in funding to enact the President’s agenda through the budget reconciliation process. They plan to repeal up to $3.1 billion in funding for dozens of communities with awarded projects to reconnect

100 days in, President Trump’s actions on transportation leaves much to be desired

President Trump started his administration talking about improving the state of our nation’s infrastructure and delivering it quickly and streamlined. After 100 days in office, Trump’s actions on transportation can best be summarized as chaotic, evasive, combative, and inefficient.With the start of any new administration,