Almost 40 states—well over half the country—have considered, or are currently considering, transportation funding legislation so far this year, according to the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center’s latest monthly report of 2015 on state [...]
By David Bauer, senior vice president of government relations, ARTBA The House of Representatives May 19 overwhelmingly approved legislation (H.R. 2353) that is likely to become the 33rdshort-term authorization of the federal highway [...]
Innovative design and construction techniques, cutting-edge technologies, new materials, safety products and state-of-the-art heavy equipment are being deployed by the public and private sectors to deliver critical, and cost-effective, transportation improvement projects to communities [...]
Nebraska lawmakers voted 30-16 May 14 to override Governor Pete Ricketts’ (R) veto of Legislative Bill 610, approving a 6 cents-per-gallon state gas tax increase. The Nebraska Unicameral Legislature voted 26-15 on May [...]
Minnesota’s Scott County Board voted 4-1 on May 12 to add an additional 1/2-cent sales tax and $20 motor vehicle excise tax in order to fund local transportation projects for the next seven [...]
(Washington, D.C.)— Voting for a gas tax increase to fund transportation investments has not hurt Republicans or Democrats at the ballot box, a new political analysis shows. Ninety-five percent of all Republican state [...]
Nebraska lawmakers are attempting to gather support for a veto override after approving a state gas tax increase and sending the bill to the desk of Gov. Pete Ricketts (R). The Nebraska Unicameral [...]
Michigan residents on May 5 failed to approve a ballot measure that would have resulted in an annual increase of $1.2 billion for highway and bridge investment and $130 million for transit and [...]
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R) on May 4 signed into law a bill to increase transportation funding by $900 million per year, making it the fifth state in 2015 to increase recurring transportation [...]
The 2nd Annual “National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates,” a signature program of the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center™ (TIAC), is less than three months away. The July 15 event, held in [...]
