DOT 2015 AFR

Secretary Foxx Letter to Transportation Bill Conferees

A more accessible, text version of this letter is available at www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/letter-transportation-secretary-foxx-house-senate-conferees.

Letter from Transportation Secretary Foxx to House, Senate Conferees

The Honorable Bill ShusterChairman, Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureU.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, DC  20510

Dear Mr. Chairman:

I write to express my appreciation for efforts thus far to achieve a bipartisan long-term surface...

Understanding the Projections of the Highway Trust Fund: A Tutorial

The Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-41) authorized General Fund transfers to the Highway Account and Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund. Based on the most recent monthly estimate of future Highway Trust Fund balances, this...

Substantial Demand Underscores Need for TIGER Grants

TIGER 2015 applications totaled $9.8 billion, far exceeding the $500 million for the program

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that applications to the U.S. Department of Transportation for its seventh round of Transportation Investment...

Letter to Alabama Transportation Director John Cooper

Letter to State DOTs on Highway Trust Fund and Cash Management Protocols

Letter from Secretary Foxx to each of 56 State, Territory, and DC DOTs on July 14, 2015.

DOT Fact Sheets Highlight Grim State of U.S. Roads and Bridges

WASHINGTON – The Highway Trust Fund is set to expire on July 31. Without action from Congress, federal funding for transportation will come to a screeching halt. And with it, so will traffic in many places across the country.

Over the last six years, Congress has passed 33 short-term...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx Tours Los Angeles Bus Facility, Highlights Need for Continued Transportation Investment

LOS ANGELES – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was in Los Angeles today to tour the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (LACMTA) Division 13 Bus Maintenance and Operations Facility, a new, state-of-the-art facility that will significantly improve bus service in...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Visits Local Officials To Discuss Memphis’ Proposed $265.5 Million Lamar Avenue Project

Nation’s Impending Funding Shortfalls Put Key Highway Projects in Doubt

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was joined by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton today at the Memphis Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization to discuss the proposed Lamar Avenue...