States are responsible for developing and implementing transportation strategies that encourage improved system performance, increased mobility, enhanced economic development and improved environmental outcomes. Achieving these complementary goals requires a combination of efforts at the state and national level.
The NGA Center supports governors and state policy leaders in their efforts to address challenges in governance, planning, funding and financing and performance measures.
Transportation Technology Workshop
Washington, DC | June 4 – 5, 2019 NGA Energy, Infrastructure & Environment hosted a workshop on June 4 and 5 in Washington, DC, on the topic of advanced transportation ...
Letter from NGA and Other Organizations Regarding FAST Act Rescission of Highway Contract Authority
DATE: May 20, 2019 TO: The Honorable Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, United States Senate The Honorable Charles E. Schumer, Minority Leader, United States Senate The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker, United ...
West Regional Transportation Electrification Workshop |
Thursday, April 4, 2019 | Friday, April 5, 2019 The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the West Regional Transportation Electrification Workshop in Seattle, WA. This ...
Southeast Regional Transportation Electrification Workshop
Monday, March 11, 2019 | Tuesday, March 12, 2019 The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the Southeast Regional Transportation Electrification Workshop in Nashville, TN. Transportation ...
The Future of the Interstate Highway System
The Interstate Highway System is the backbone of our country’s transportation system. Representing only 1 percent of the total U.S. public road mileage, it carries over 25 percent of all ...
Gov. Walz Testimony on Infrastructure: The Cost of Doing Nothing
Statement of The Honorable Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota Before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Investing in Our Nation’s Infrastructure Cannot ...
Preparing the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0
December 3, 2018 The Honorable Elaine ChaoSecretary, United States Department of Transportation1200 New Jersey Avenue, SEWashington, D.C. 20590RE: Preparing the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0 (ISBN 978-0-16-094944-9)Dear Secretary Chao:On ...
NGA/U.S. DOT Webinar on the Build America Bureau’s New Rural Projects Initiative
The webinar, hosted in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), introduced the U.S. DOT’s Build America Bureau and shared how states can finance transportation projects through the new ...
NGA Helping Governors Catch Up to the Speed of 21st Century Transportation
WASHINGTON -- The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) is launching a Transportation Learning Network to directly engage governors and their staff in exploring new approaches and ...
Transportation and Energy Innovation Policy Roadmaps
The National Governors Association (NGA) has released two new policy roadmaps, which provide governors and senior state policy officials with ideas for how they can prepare their states for the ongoing ...
