Surface Transportation
- Cost Estimate
S. 546, RESPONSE Act of 2016
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 14, 2016
- Presentation
The Budgetary Treatment of Surface Transportation Programs and Federal Financing Instruments
Presentation by Sarah Puro, Principal Analyst in CBO’s Budget Analysis Division, at the Transportation Research Forum.
- Cost Estimate
Status of the Highway Trust Fund Based on CBO’s August 2016 Baseline
Letter to the Honorable Jim Inhofe regarding estimates of the status of the Highway Trust Fund based on CBO’s August 2016 baseline
- Presentation
Pricing Freight Transport to Account for External Costs
Presentation by David Austin, an analyst in CBO’s Microeconomics Studies Division, at the 91st Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International.
- Presentation
Accounting for External Costs in Pricing Freight Transport
Presentation by David Austin, an analyst in CBO’s Microeconomics Studies Division, at the Georgetown Freight Rail Colloquium.
- Presentation
The FAST Act and the Budgetary Treatment of Federal Financing Instruments
Presentation by Sarah Puro, Principal Analyst in CBO’s Budget Analysis Division, at the Annual Conference of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts.
- Cost Estimate
S. 2143, a bill to provide for the authority for the successors and assigns of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to maintain and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas, and for other purposes
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 20, 2016
- Presentation
Alternatives for Making Federal Highway Spending More Productive
Presentation by Chad Shirley, CBO’s Deputy Assistant Director for Microeconomic Studies, at the Transportation Policy & Finance Summit of the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA).
- Cost Estimate
S. 1776, TIRES Act
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 22, 2015
- Report
Approaches to Making Federal Highway Spending More Productive
Federal spending on highways does not correspond very well with how the roads are used. CBO examines three approaches lawmakers could consider to make highway spending more productive.