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 [...]
ARTBA-TIAC tracked over 90 state transportation funding legislative measures in 39 states during 2016, which are now available in a comprehensive year-end update. The 20 measures approved, including several placed on the ballot [...]
Throughout the county, state transportation spending from states’ own funds increased 8.8 percent in fiscal year 2015 and 6.7 percent in fiscal year 2016, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers [...]
While Colorado state lawmakers agree that increasing transportation funding is a priority in 2017, Democrats and Republicans have conflicting views on how to accomplish it. Colorado Senate president-elect Kevin Grantham (R- Canon City) [...]
Preliminary November 8 election results show voters in 22 states approved ballot measures that will provide $201 billion in funding extensions and new revenue for state and local transportation projects. According to an [...]
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) on Nov. 2 proposed a 41 percent cut over the next two years to general funds used for transportation funding. Under Gov. Hickenlooper’s proposal, half of 2016’s $158 [...]
The 23 cents-per-gallon increase in the New Jersey state gas tax rate that took effect Nov. 1 did not result in a similar increase in the retail price of gasoline. According to AAA, [...]
From 2013-2016, 17 states increased taxes on motor fuels to support needed transportation investments. For a quick summary of the states and legislation, download our handout. For information on all transportation funding increases [...]
by Tyler Kane, Transportation Investment Advocacy Center The latest news on state and local transportation funding around the country. To receive this weekly digest by email, subscribe to TranspoAdvocates News. Louisiana Department of [...]
With Tyler Kane, Transportation Investment Advocacy Center To illustrate the need for increased funding, the Mississippi Department of Transportation took a group of lawmakers on a tour of the state’s most troubled transportation [...]
