by Carolyn Kramer | Jun 30, 2017 | Arizona, Kentucky, Latest News, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Oregon, States, Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
Arizona launched a five-year infrastructure plan, which aims to improve congestion on major interstates and includes the state’s first public-private partnership highway project. This program follows other major transportation plans in Virginia, Indiana, and...
by Carolyn Kramer | Jun 8, 2017 | Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Latest News, Oklahoma, States
The Arkansas Highway Commission announced on June 7 that it will seek to place a measure on the November 2018 General Election ballot that would raise up to $400 million annually in new revenue for road construction. Commission members will decide in the next few...
by Carolyn Kramer | Jun 2, 2017 | California, Colorado, Latest News, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, States
Approved Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) approved a bill on May 31 to create a $100 annual registration fee for electric motor vehicles and a $30 annual fee for hybrid motor vehicles. The law goes into effect on Nov. 1. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) approved a...
by Carolyn Kramer | May 19, 2017 | Colorado, Latest News, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, States
Approved The Missouri Senate voted May 10 to establish the “21st Century Missouri Transportation System Task Force” to evaluate the state’s transportation infrastructure, the state’s transportation funding, any shortfall the department is facing, and...
by Carolyn Kramer | May 5, 2017 | Colorado, Latest News, Oklahoma, South Carolina, States, Wisconsin
Introduced Wisconsin Assembly Republicans presented a plan on May 4 to create a 5 percent sales tax on the average wholesale price of gasoline, while decreasing the flat excise tax paid at the pump. Pending South Carolina House lawmakers on May 3 voted 107-7 to reject...
by Carolyn Kramer | Apr 28, 2017 | Colorado, Indiana, Latest News, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, States, Tennessee
Signed into law Tennessee’s IMPROVE Act— legislation that increases the state gas tax and other transportation-related fees— was signed into law by Gov. Bill Haslam (R) on April 26. The bill is estimated to generate $350 million annually. Indiana’s House Bill 1002— a...
