Lawmakers in 33 states introduced 117 measures to increase transportation revenue in the first five months of 2024, according to a May analysis by ARTBA’s Transportation Investment Advocacy Center.
Notable measures include:
- New Jersey lawmakers approved legislation on March 28 to increase the state gas tax and phase-in a new $290 electric vehicle registration fee.
- Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) on March 20 approved a new per-kilowatt hour public electric vehicle charging station fee, with revenue deposited in the state’s transportation fund.
- Maryland lawmakers on April 5 approved legislation to institute a new electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle fee, increase work zone speeding fines, raise vehicle registration weight fees, and add a new Transportation Network Company (TNC) fee.
- Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) on May 10 approved legislation for new electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle registration fees.
- Colorado lawmakers on May 10 enacted a new ‘congestion impact fee’ of up to three dollars per day on short-term vehicle rentals.
- One-time transportation revenue legislation was approved in Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico and Washington state.
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