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The Trump administration is implementing funds for safety grants at about ten percent of the speed of the previous administration

The Trump administration talks a big game about streamlining requirements and reviews. Speed is not everything, but when we evaluate the rates of getting actual dollars out the door and into real projects, it appears that politicized review requirements may be slowing down grant obligations

The next reauthorization is an opportunity to get rural transit right

Transit is not (and never has been) exclusive to urban cities, and this upcoming reauthorization is another opportunity to create a transportation system that works for everyone, including those who live in more rural places. In order to ensure transit’s effectiveness in small towns and

Congress’s new budget reconciliation bill takes back billions from locally-led projects across the country

We found that up to $4.7 billion in competitive grants promised to existing, awarded grantees across the country and billions more for financing climate projects will now be rescinded following the passage of H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. And that’s just the grants.Provisions

How reauthorization can halt the highway harm

Transportation for America’s Fix it First principle is not just about fixing our crumbling roads before building new ones. We must also look at policies to fundamentally repair the communities that have been historically harmed and divided by the highway system and put a stop

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