More than 30 states, or well over half of the country, are considering new transportation funding legislation so far this year, according to the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center’s fourth 2015 report on state legislation. [...]
Idaho Governor Butch Otter (R) signed into law on April 21 a bill to increase the state gas tax by 7 cents-per-gallon, raise vehicle registration fees, and institute a fee on electric and [...]
A poll released April 21 by Quinnipiac University shows New Jersey voters are increasingly in favor of a state gas tax increase in order to generate needed road and transit funding. Fifty percent [...]
Several states are pushing to pass transportation funding measures before wrapping up their 2015 legislative sessions. Here’s a quick look at measures in development this week: The Nebraska Unicameral Legislature is preparing for a [...]
Idaho lawmakers passed a 7 cents-per-gallon state gas tax increase and raised vehicle registration fees in a last-minute push to generate new transportation funding for the state’s roads and bridges. The compromise reached [...]
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) on April 1 signed into law a bill to help limit an upcoming decrease in the state gas tax and stabilize the tax going forward. North Carolina’s current [...]
Georgia legislators approved two bills on March 31 to increase funding for the state’s transportation infrastructure, including an increase in the state gas tax and large transit bond package. A compromise bill to [...]
(WASHINGTON)— An analysis of the recently-released 2014 U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) National Bridge Inventory database finds good news and bad news when it comes to the most heavily traveled U.S. bridges. The [...]
The Idaho House approved on March 30 two bills to increase funding for the state’s transportation infrastructure. Legislation to increase vehicle registration fees and impose new registration fees on hybrid and electric cars [...]
Utah Governor Gary Herbert (R) on March 27 signed into law a bill to increase the state gas tax by 5 cents-per-gallon, create a 12 percent tax on the statewide average wholesale price [...]
