Learning from the 2009 Recovery Act
We have six recommendations to make sure that any future infrastructure stimulus actually creates new jobs.
To help make transportation issues more transparent and understandable, we produce easy-to-understand graphics, interactive features, mapping tools, books, reports and other resources. Use this page to sort through all of these resources, using the tabs at the top to filter the content. Looking for something you can’t find here? Drop us a line: info AT t4america DOT org.
We have six recommendations to make sure that any future infrastructure stimulus actually creates new jobs.
A smart growth stimulus can create the most new jobs and build lasting economic prosperity.
Polling shows that Americans want more options than just driving. The Green New Deal for Transportation can get us there.
The U.S. spends billions to "relieve congestion." But building new and widening existing highways only makes traffic worse.
The nation’s roads are deteriorating, contributing to a looming financial problem, yet the condition of the nation’s road network…
A comparative and constructive critique of 10 years of USDOT’s BUILD program in three parts. What made it unique and how the program…
Tracking the 2018 ballot measures and referenda that will raise new revenue for transportation at the local or state level.
Trump's USDOT is neglecting to distribute all of the $2.3 billion Congress appropriated to build or improve transit. How much have…
This new guide offers local advocates and transit champions practical advice for making real improvements to public transit.
This guidebook is a collection of 12 detailed stories about the specific and practical steps that metro areas are taking to plan, fund…
This short paper illustrates how the capital improvements made to public transportation systems support thousands of manufacturing…
How can transportation pros integrate artists to deliver transportation projects more smoothly, improve safety, and build community support?
Both the administration and Congress have proposed either deep cuts or outright elimination of federal funding that supports transit…
Since the start of the 2013, major new proposals from governors, state legislatures and blue ribbon commissions galore have sparked…
Communities are planning more projects to make bicycling and walking safer, more convenient, and more realistic as travel options.…
How are performance measures being used by metro areas now? Are they useful? T4America conducted a national survey of 104 metro planning…
This guide shows governors and their administration how a fresh approach to transportation is fundamental to creating quality jobs…
These case studies showcase how four metro area planning agencies are strengthening the local economy, improving public health outcomes…
Tracking the 2016 ballot measures and referenda that will raise new revenue for transportation at the local or state level.
Our guide to understanding the shortcomings and opportunities in the 2015-2020 federal transportation authorization.
Grounded in the experience of four metro areas, Planning for a Healthier Future will help other metros use performance measures to…
A massive show of support from the people of the Gulf Coast welcomed the first passenger rail train east of New Orleans since Katrina,…
Which states are moving to raise new money for transportation? Which states are proposing to change to how those dollars are spent?…
Creative placemaking is an approach to harness the power of local culture and arts to cultivate genuine public engagement on critical…
Click here for our central hub for all state policy and funding resources, including our work tracking states raising new transportation…
This outlines 12 proven reform-minded policy solutions states should consider implementing to expand transparency and accountability,…
A near historic 12 states total raised new transportation funding in 2015. This report distills what happened in 2015 into some lessons…
8 stories of people & places aiming to improve the health, access to opportunity and overall quality of life for their residents through transportation.
The two major rail transit lines planned for Maryland would position the state for long-term economic success in ways that few other…
Congress has considered plans to end the 18.4¢-per-gallon federal gasoline tax and shift full responsibility to the states. This analysis…
This looks the early successes in measuring the performance of our transportation system and making investments based on getting the…
Across the country states are raising revenue to bring their transportation infrastructure into a state of good repair and better meet…
This free guidebook filled with real-world examples is intended to help MPO staff, board members, and civic leaders find ways to make…
Congress dawdles; states step up. Learn more about our new network to support smart state efforts to raise transportation revenues.
This November a handful of measures and races will be decided at ballot boxes across the country related to new revenue for transportation…
A short analysis of how voters responded following successful legislative votes to increase taxes or fees to invest in transportation.…
It’s certainly not a new trend, but as federal transportation spending has remained flat, plans to raise state and local transportation…
The impact on states and metros if no new revenues are added to the trust fund, as the feds will be unable to make any new funding commitments come Fall 2014.
After conversations with business, civic and elected leaders in communities throughout the country, Transportation for America has…
New revenue projections for the nation’s transportation fund released in early February 2014 from the Congressional Budget Office…
Just months after budget sequestration and a government shutdown put transportation funding at risk, House leaders have agreed to a…
Transportation for America is an alliance of elected, business and civic leaders from communities across the country, united to ensure…
Because of slackening gas tax receipts and budget cuts, the nation’s transportation fund is speeding toward bankruptcy, but it doesn’t…
T4's full suite of resources on the two-year transportation authorization finally enacted by Congress in summer of 2012, providing…
TIGER grant recipients reward local transportation innovation across America. Could competitive grants be a way forward?
One in nine of the bridges and overpasses American drivers cross each day is rated in poor enough condition that some could become…
Places across the country are taking bold steps to ensure a prosperous future, including taxing themselves to do what must be done.…
Do you want to learn a little more about federal transportation policy, like the history of the program, how the Interstate System…
By 2015, more than 15.5 million Americans 65 and older will live in communities where public transportation service is poor or non-existent.…
Over the last few years, T4 America has conducted a handful of opinion polls and surveys on transportation and transportation-related issues.
The demand for public transportation service is at its highest point in 50 years. Communities of all sizes today are looking for funds…