During special session on June 13, the West Virginia House Finance Committee amended and approved a bill to adjust the state’s variable-rate motor fuel tax (a 3.5 cents-per-gallon increase) and raise the vehicle [...]
With over 130 transportation funding bills introduced this year in 36 states, it’s clear that many lawmakers outside of the Nation’s capital understand the importance of supporting infrastructure investment. Some have passed measures signed into [...]
The following article appeared on Americans for Transportation Mobility on June 9, 2017. In the past decade, the Unites States’ surface-transportation system has been affected by a lack of predictable and sustainable funding – and [...]
Approved for the Nov. 2018 Ballot Connecticut lawmakers voted to amend the state constitution to ensure all revenue deposited in the Special Transportation Fund (STF) be used solely for transportation purposes, including paying [...]
All New Jersey incumbent state lawmakers who faced reelection during the June 6 Primary Election advanced to the Nov. 7 General Election, reinforcing earlier findings which concluded that the decision to vote for legislation to increase a [...]
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 [...]
Learn why and how a record number of transportation investment initiatives have passed since 2013 at the 4th Annual “National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates,” being held July 12 at the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Since the start of 2017, TIAC has tracked over 130 transportation funding bills being considered in 36 states. This number closely matches the amount of legislation TIAC tracked over the same time frames in [...]
