Missouri voters weighed in on transportation funding options during an August 4 town hall meeting in Columbia, Missouri, one month after a three-fourths-cent transportation sales tax increase was defeated at the polls. Residents [...]
The South Carolina Department of Transportation revealed in a report released August 21 that the state is facing a $42.82 billion transportation funding gap over the next 25 years. The report found that [...]
A coalition of transportation advocates met August 19 to call on gubernatorial candidates to hold a debate on Connecticut’s transportation issues. The coalition, consisting of 35 organizations throughout the state, also urged candidates [...]
The TIAC staff researches and prepares detailed case studies of recent successful—and unsuccessful—state and local legislative and ballot initiative campaigns aimed at increasing transportation infrastructure investment. For each case, the studies dig into [...]
Funding for transportation investment continues to be a popular item at the ballot box. There are currently 76 highway, bridge and transportation revenue related initiatives up for vote in 2014. This includes seven [...]
Voters in Bullhead City, Ariz. failed to approve a one percent increase in the city’s sales tax in order to perform street repairs and maintenance. Proposition 2014-1 was defeated August 26 with 60.3 [...]
Lawmakers in New Jersey are currently searching for a way to close the widening gap in funding needed to repair and maintain the state’s transportation infrastructure. During a budget hearing in May 2014, [...]
A recent poll commissioned by libertarian think tank Reason-Rupe found that nearly half of Americans (46 percent) believe the federal government should spend more money on transportation infrastructure. Only 21 percent said the [...]
Our recent review of state legislatures is now available. Over the past month, several events have taken place in transportation funding advocacy. Missouri voters defeated a ballot measure August 5 to increase the state [...]
Voters in Austin, Texas will decide on a $1 billion transportation bond after the Austin City Council unanimously approved the measure August 7 for the November 4 ballot. The bond will go towards [...]