by Carolyn Kramer | May 22, 2018 | Kansas, Latest News, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, States
Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer (R) signed into law legislation to create the state’s “Joint Legislative Transportation Vision Task Force” to evaluate the current system’s condition and funding of the state’s transportation system. The task force will make...
by Carolyn Kramer | May 4, 2018 | Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, Latest News, Missouri, State Legislation, States
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 expansion, and allotted $100 million in bonds for public transit. The Missouri Senate...
by Carolyn Kramer | Feb 14, 2018 | Kansas, Kentucky, Latest News, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, States
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 budget bill is due to Gov. Susana Martinez...
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...
