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Jan. 24: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
In North Dakota local governments, farmers, and highway construction companies pressed for a 7-cent increase to fund road projects. Senate Finance and Taxation Committee chairman, Sen. Dwight Cook (R- 34) said the raise on the state’s current 23-cent-per-gallon...
read moreDec. 15: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
The Nebraska Department of Transportation has told state lawmakers that it faces a $6 billion budget gap over the next two decades. Read More>> The Texas Department of Transportation has decided to exclude new tolling projects from the agency’s updated 10-year...
read moreNov. 22: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
A group of state business organizations, elected officials, and transportation advocacy organizations have formed a coalition to raise awareness of the need for increased funding in Texas metro areas. Texans for Traffic Relief will work to educate residents on the...
read moreSept. 8: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
A Mississippi bridge with a posted weight limit collapsed Aug. 28 when a truck that may have weighed more than the limit crossed it. Read More>> Pennsylvania House Republicans proposed a state revenue plan on Sept. 5 that would reallocate funding from a variety...
read moreJune 2: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
The latest TRIP report released June 1 found that with over half of Mississippi’s roads in poor or mediocre condition, and 12 percent of the state’s bridges struggling with structural deficiencies, poor transportation infrastructure is costing Mississippi drivers a...
read moreMay 11: Transportation Funding Legislation Weekly Roundup
Approved The South Carolina legislature voted May 10 to override Gov. Henry McMaster’s (R ) veto of H.3516. Read more about the bill, which includes a state gas tax increase, new electric and hybrid vehicle fees, and more. South Carolina is the fifth state to increase...
read moreMarch 30: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
Several South Carolina state senators on March 29 prevented a transportation funding bill from being scheduled for debate. The legislation fell five votes shy (23-18) of the required two-thirds supermajority vote needed for priority status. The bill, which would...
read moreFeb. 24: State Transportation Funding Shortfalls
Facing a state budget shortfall, Texas lawmakers are considering diverting revenue from the general sales tax intended for transportation construction as part of an upcoming budget. The funding stream had been overwhelmingly approved by voters in November 2015. Lt....
read moreDec. 8: State Transportation Funding Shortfalls in the News
The Colorado Department of Transportation identified $9 billion in unfunded project priorities, including 130 highway, transit, and operations projects, at a Dec. 1 meeting with the state’s Joint Budget Committee. Colorado lawmakers debated methods to increase...
read moreSept. 15: State Transportation Funding News Weekly Roundup
A coalition of 64 Californian business, labor and government groups signed a letter asking state lawmakers to return to Sacramento and resume discussions on a solution to California’s transportation funding shortfall. While the general legislative session has...
read moreAug. 29: State Transportation Funding Monday Morning Headlines
Transportation Funding Shortfalls With South Carolina ranked by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as having some of the deadliest roads in the country, the state’s Department of Transportation knows it needs to make major safety improvements to the...
read moreMarch 23: Analysis of Texas’ 2014/2015 Successful Transportation Funding Measures
In two consecutive years, Texas voters overwhelmingly approved two ballot measures to direct revenue to the State Highway Fund for the purpose of maintaining and constructing public roadways and repaying General Obligation bonds used for highway improvements. An...
read moreTexas 2014 and 2015 Transportation Funding Propositions
In two consecutive years, Texas voters overwhelmingly approved two ballot measures to direct revenue to the State Highway Fund for the purpose of maintaining and constructing public roadways and repaying General Obligation bonds used for highway improvements. Texas...
read moreFeb. 24: “Thinking Beyond the Gas Tax” Webinar Recording Available
A recording of the Feb. 24 TIAC webinar, “Thinking Beyond the Gas Tax”, is now available online. The webinar explored how three states successfully increased state transportation investment when raising motor fuel taxes was not an option. Jack Ladd, executive director...
read moreJan. 27: Falling Prices for Oil and Gas Lead to Transportation Funding Shortfalls in Two States
Falling oil and gas prices are affecting both California and Texas’s transportation funds. The drop in the price of gasoline has created a $754 million shortfall in California’s anticipated transportation revenue over the next five years, according to a report...
read moreTexas Ballot Measure Results
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Alternative
Fuel Taxes
Excise tax:
- Compressed natural gas (CNG): 15 cents-per-GGE.
- Liquefied natural gas (LNG): 15 cents-per-DGE. • One GGE equals 5.66 pounds of CNG/ 5.37 pounds of LNG.
- One DGE equals 6.38 pounds of CNG/ 6.06 pounds of LNG.
Fee: Annual decal for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), based on registered gross weight and mileage driven the previous year.
*Federal funding percentages are from an ARTBA analysis of FHWA Highway Statistics data, total ten year average 2004-2013 from tables SF-1 and SF-2. The percent is the ratio of federal aid reimbursements to the state and total state capital outlays and is indicative of the importance of the federal aid program to state capital spending for highways and bridges. Does not include local capital spending. Federal highway reimbursements are primarily used for capital outlays, including construction, right of way and engineering, but are also used for debt service for GARVEE bonds.
