Connecticut lawmakers approved a compromise deal within the state budget on May 9 to accelerate the transfer of the sales tax on cars from the general fund to the transportation fund, and utilize [...]
Colorado lawmakers reached a deal on May 7 to provide revenue from the state's general fund— $495 million in 2018, $150 million in 2019, and $50 million annually thereafter— and a $3.25 billion [...]
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) signed into law on May 3 legislation to permit metro Atlanta to form a board and ask for voter approval of a local sales tax to fund transit [...]
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) expects its staff to swell by 10 percent over the next five years, adding 2,000 employees as it works on projects funded by the new gasoline tax [...]
New Mexico House lawmakers rejected a Senate amendment on Feb. 13 that would decrease revenue for road construction and maintenance from $60 million to $34 million, holding up the state's $6.3 billion budget plan. The [...]
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) on Jan. 31 released a proposal to stabilize the state’s dwindling Special Transportation Fund by increasing the state gas tax by 7 cents-per-gallon (phased in over four years), implementing statewide electronic [...]
Transportation Funding Proposals Connecticut Rep. Jason Rojas (D-East Hartford) announced his plan on Jan. 23 to propose a 4 cents-per-gallon increase in the state gas tax to close the state’s transportation funding shortfall. [...]
As more state legislatures convene for the 2018 legislative session, transportation funding bills are proving to be a popular topic. The Colorado Senate chose transportation funding as the first bill to introduce this [...]
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (R) included a call for increased transportation funding in his Jan. 11 State of the State address. Gov. Hickenlooper pointed to the recent passage of local transportation funding ballot [...]
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) announced on Jan. 10 that hundreds of transportation projects worth nearly $4.3 billion will be postponed indefinitely, until new revenue is identified to replenish the state’s Special Transportation [...]
