Surface Transportation
- Blog Post
CBO Discusses the Effects of Tax Credits for Electric Vehicles at Energy Conference
Buyers of new electric vehicles receive federal tax credits of up to $7,500. How do the credits compare to the total lifetime cost of owning those vehicles and to the reduction in gasoline use and greenhouse gas emissions from driving them?
- Report
Statement for the Record on the Status of the Highway Trust Fund
The current trajectory of the Highway Trust Fund is unsustainable. Starting in fiscal year 2015, the trust fund will have insufficient amounts to meet all of its obligations—CBO projects—resulting in steadily accumulating shortfalls.
- Blog Post
Snapshot of the Highway Trust Fund
CBO projects that, starting in 2015, the highway account of the Highway Trust Fund will have insufficient revenues to meet its obligations, resulting in steadily accumulating shortfalls.
- Report
Federal Grants to State and Local Governments
In 2011, the federal government provided $607 billion in grants to state and local governments, accounting for 17 percent of federal outlays and a quarter of spending by states and localities. Nearly half of that amount was for Medicaid.
- Presentation
Status of the Highway Trust Fund Under MAP-21
Principal Analyst Sarah Puro's Presentation to the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 1, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013
H.R. 1, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 152, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013
H.R. 152, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013
- Cost Estimate
Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013
As posted on the Web site of the Senate Committee on Appropriations on December 12, 2012
- Presentation
Presentation on Alternative Approaches to Funding Highways
Senior Advisor for Microeconomic Studies Division Perry Beider's presentation to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce