Texas will need a total of $28 billion over the next two years to maintain its current road system, according to a report conducted by David Ellis with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. [...]
A package of bills that would provide more than $400 million for infrastructure funding advanced through two committees in the Michigan House yesterday. The House Tax Policy Committee approved legislation that would shift [...]
Yesterday the Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee unanimously endorsed 2014 – S 2335, a bill to establish a statewide transportation infrastructure fund and block tolls on the Sakonnet Bridge. The act would redirect [...]
Yesterday, the City and County of San Francisco launched the website “Transportation 2030” to promote a strategic infrastructure investment plan. The website includes a detailed report on three measures that the city is [...]
The California Legislature is considering a voluntary program that would assess a possible vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax in the state. Senator Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) introduced the bill in response to a decline [...]
The Missouri Senate passed a revised transportation sales tax increase bill yesterday with a roll call vote of 22 to 10. However, the Senate lowered the penny sales tax proposal to a sales [...]
The Missouri state Senate will likely begin debate today on a 10-year, penny sales tax measure to fund transportation projects throughout the state. The proposal previously passed in the Missouri House in April. [...]
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear (D) signed a $4.1 billion road construction bill into law on April 25. However, the plan did not include the 1.5-cents-per-gallon gasoline tax increase that previously passed in the [...]
A new poll found that 73 percent of respondents in Santa Clara County, California would be in favor of raising the sales tax to fund transportation maintenance and improvement projects throughout the county. [...]
The National Council of State Legislatures (NCSL) hosted a webinar today about sustainable transportation funding and spending. They discussed that, because the overall value of the state gasoline tax has diminished, small increases [...]
