The National Transportation Policy Project (NTPP) is bringing new voices to the transportation debate to create a dynamic and enduring vision for the future of federal surface transportation policy. The project is composed of a broad coalition of transportation policy experts, business and civic leaders, and is chaired by four distinguished former elected officials who served at the federal, state, and local levels.
U.S. Gets D+ On ASCE Infrastructure Report Card
March 20, 2013
The nation's infrastructure received a D+ — a slight improvement from the D issued in 2009 — in an infrastructure report card released by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), a group whose members stand to benefit from increased spending on the construction of roads, bridges, levees and dams.
Strategies for Defining the Core Federal Role in Surface Transportation
Nov. 30, 2012
The National Transportation Policy Project of the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) has consistently advocated for a consolidated, accountable, and performance-based federal surface transportation program. BPC has proposed specific program consolidations, ideas for improving accountability, and various performance measures. Defining areas of responsibility for the federal program—in other words, defining the core federal role in surface transportation—has proved particularly challenging, however.
The Consequences of Reduced Federal Transportation Investment
Sept. 13, 2012
Reduced funding for transit nationally has substantial consequences in terms of achieving our national transportation goals. It also has serious consequences for the places where the vast majority of Americans live (over 80 percent live in metropolitan regions), and for some of the most disadvantaged populations in America, many of which are concentrated in these large metropolitan areas.
Where Do We Go From Here? A Post-Election Analysis of Federal Transportation Policy
Nov. 30, 2012
Has High-Speed Rail Been Derailed?
Article · Governing · May 31, 2013
New financing tools needed for infrastructure
Article · POLITICO · May 9, 2013
Does President Obama Have the Power to Influence Transportation Policy?
Article · DC Streetsblog · April 30, 2013
U.S. Gets D+ On ASCE Infrastructure Report Card
Article · WAMU · March 20, 2013
How the President's 2014 Budget Affects Transportation
April 12, 2013
What's Washington's Role in Transportation Policy?
Feb. 14, 2013
Cliff Dwellers, Is This a Big Deal?
Dec. 19, 2012
Dennis Archer
Chairman Emeritus, Dickinson Wright, PLLC, and Former Mayor of Detroit
Sherwood Boehlert
Former U.S. Representative (R-NY); Senior Fellow, BPC
Slade Gorton
Former U.S. Senator (R-WA); Senior Fellow, BPC
Martin Sabo
Former U.S. Congressman from Minnesota
Performance Driven: A New Vision for U.S. Transportation Policy
June 9, 2009
National transportation policy has lost direction and a clear sense of purpose, threatening substantial costs to our collective prosperity, security, environment, and quality of life.
