Three state transportation funding advocates came together on Feb. 7 to share their experiences campaigning for—and successfully passing—a state transportation fund lockbox. These lockboxes, designed to constitutionally ensure that revenue generated by motor [...]
A Jan. 26 review of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) by the Legislative Audit Bureau found that the agency did not take into account inflation and design changes when estimating project cost, causing [...]
Three advocates will share their experiences running successful state transportation fund lockbox campaigns during a free hour-long webinar on Feb. 7 hosted by ARTBA’s Transportation Investment Advocacy Center™ (TIAC). Speakers will discuss 2014 [...]
U.S. states will need to shoulder additional cost burdens for repairing or replacing aging transportation infrastructure, predicts a Jan. 19 report by Moody’s Investors Service. States that are currently dealing with a large [...]
Twenty-two bills to increase transportation funding are being considered in nine states, according to the “Transportation Investment Advocacy Center’s”™ (TIAC) first monthly report update for 2017. Eleven of these measures include an increase [...]
Gasoline consumption from January through September 2016 grew 2.5 percent compared to the same period in 2015, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The report showed 12.2 billion gallons of gasoline and 1.8 billion gallons [...]
TRIP released an updated analysis on Jan. 12 examining the state of Montana’s transportation infrastructure. Read the report>> In Indiana, Gov. Eric Holcomb’s (R) State of the State Address delivered Jan. 17, highlighted transportation infrastructure improvements as one [...]
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) on Jan. 18 unveiled his anticipated transportation funding plan, including provisions to increase the state gas tax by 7 cents-per-gallon and the diesel tax by 12 cents-per-gallon (indexed [...]
Governors & Lawmakers In her Jan. 9 inaugural address, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) stated her intent to pass a transportation funding package to invest in highways and mass transit. Read More>> In his annual state [...]
In 2016, New Jersey lawmakers and voters approved two measures to significantly advance transportation funding within the state. The Transportation Investment Advocacy Center’s™ (TIAC) latest case studies explore how and why New Jersey [...]
