On Monday Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed the FY 2015 Transportation Bill, which contains $685.7 million in transportation infrastructure funding. This represents the largest investment ever made in the state’s transportation infrastructure. Strategic [...]
The North Carolina Senate Republicans have released a budget proposal that includes several measures to increase available transportation funding in the state. These include: Raising the maximum tax that can be charged for [...]
In an 86-7 vote on Wednesday, the Ohio House passed legislation to toll the Brent Spence Bridge, which connects Covington, Ky. and Cincinnati, to raise revenues to make needed repairs to the structure. [...]
This Monday, New Jersey’s Senate Transportation Committee passed legislation to create a transportation infrastructure bank. The infrastructure bank would help finance bridge and road repairs, along with other major projects, and is the [...]
Gov. Maggie Hassan signed legislation to raise the New Hampshire gasoline and diesel fuel taxes by four cents per gallon, the first increase in 23 years. The tax will go into effect July [...]
Last week the San Francisco Board of Supervisors introduced a $500 million general-obligation transportation bond (GO Bond) for the November ballot. This bond is one of three measures introduced last week as part [...]
The Iowa Department of Transportation is calling for $2.7 billion in highway construction and right of way spending as part of its draft 5-year plan presented to the Iowa Transportation Commission on Tuesday. [...]
A report, prepared for the Michigan Environmental Council by the Sustainable Mobility & Accessibility Research & Transformation (SMART) at the University of Michigan, states that fuel efficient vehicles are leading to a decline [...]
On Wednesday, the Missouri House approved legislation that will allow voters to consider a ballot initiative to impose a sales tax of three-fourths-cent for transportation improvement projects throughout the state. If approved in [...]
Last week Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved a new state bond that will provide almost $1.9 billion for roads, bridges and local infrastructure projects over the next ten years. State Issue 1 is the [...]
