by Carolyn Kramer | Mar 24, 2017 | Kansas, Latest News, States
By Eileen Houlihan, senior writer/editor, ARTBA A new ARTBA analysis shows how economic activity can be more than doubled by increasing state-level transportation infrastructure investment. In Kansas, an annual $264 million increase in highway and bridge investment...
by Carolyn Kramer | Dec 16, 2016 | Kansas, Latest News, Missouri, South Carolina, States
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will delay an additional 10 road projects worth $17.45 million as a result of the state’s budget shortfall. In November the agency announced the delay of 24 other road projects (worth $32 million), and in April KDOT...
by Carolyn Kramer | Dec 9, 2016 | Colorado, Kansas, Latest News, Nebraska, States, Tennessee
As Tennessee lawmakers prepare for discussions on increasing the state gas tax, a Dec. 1 Vanderbilt University poll has found that 67 percent of respondents would support such a hike to fund improvements to roads and bridges and ensure economic growth and public...
by Carolyn Kramer | Nov 17, 2016 | Kansas, Latest News, States
Throughout the county, state transportation spending from states’ own funds increased 8.8 percent in fiscal year 2015 and 6.7 percent in fiscal year 2016, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers annual ‘State Expenditure Report’ released Nov....
by Carolyn Kramer | Jul 27, 2016 | California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Latest News, States
Facing $37 million in budget cuts, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) on July 22 released an updated plan that includes decreasing maintenance work, delaying personnel hiring, and raising transit fees. The reduction in funding, a result of a...
by Carolyn Kramer | Jun 24, 2016 | Kansas, Latest News, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, States
with Tyler Kane, Transportation Investment Advocacy Center Budget committees in New Jersey’s Senate and General Assembly on June 23 approved legislation to increase funding for the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF), sending the identical companion bills to each floor...
