non-highway

By the 1990s, the whole idea of a user-fee-driven system was forgotten as Congress used transportation earmarks, which didn't exist before 1982, to divert billions of dollars of gas taxes to politically favored projects -- which often had nothing to do with transportation -- and dedicated increasing shares of the remainder to non-highway programs.

Randal O'Toole: Transportation: From the Top Down or Bottom Up? Randal O'Toole 2011

By the 1990s, the whole idea of a user-fee-driven system was forgotten as Congress used transportation earmarks, which didn't exist before 1982, to divert billions of dollars of gas taxes to politically favored projects -- which often had nothing to do with transportation -- and dedicated increasing shares of the remainder to non-highway programs.

Randal O'Toole: Transportation: From the Top Down or Bottom Up? Randal O'Toole 2011

By the 1990s, the whole idea of a user-fee-driven system was forgotten as Congress used transportation earmarks, which didn't exist before 1982, to divert billions of dollars of gas taxes to politically favored projects -- which often had nothing to do with transportation -- and dedicated increasing shares of the remainder to non-highway programs.

Randal O'Toole: Transportation: From the Top Down or Bottom Up? Randal O'Toole 2011

Second, allocating all federal flex funds to non-highway construction will demonstrate that we're finally shifting our transportation priorities to where they need to be.

Jobs and Transportation Act would help Oregon do its part to tackle climate crisis 2009

Alternative energy sources for non-highway transportation (DOE/CS/05438T1) by Exxon Research and Engineering Company

Live Global Oil Consumption/CO2 Emissions Clocks 2009

Currently Oregon allocates less than half that amount to non-highway projects.

Jobs and Transportation Act would help Oregon do its part to tackle climate crisis 2009

Alternative energy sources for non-highway transportation (DOE/CS/05438T1) by Exxon Research and Engineering Company

Havasupi organize protest of Grand Canyon uranium mining 2009

Alternative energy sources for non-highway transportation (DOE/CS/05438T1) by Exxon Research and Engineering Company

OpEdNews - Quicklink: Could Household Trash Solve The energy Crises? 2009

It would give communities tools to combat the climate crisis, allocate all flexible federal funding for non-highway transportation projects, and appropriate $150 million in ConnectOregon funds towards mass transit and multimodal initiatives.

Jobs and Transportation Act would help Oregon do its part to tackle climate crisis 2009

Alternative energy sources for non-highway transportation (DOE/CS/05438T1) by Exxon Research and Engineering Company

OpEdNews - Quicklink: Plumbing the oceans could bring limitless clean energy 2008