Gas tax increases advanced in state legislatures, state transportation funding gaps were examined, a governor endorsed a gas tax increase, and more this week in state transportation funding news. Aging and underfunded infrastructure [...]
Illinois lawmakers approved a bill on Dec. 7 to release already-collected fuel taxes to fund local road work, as the revenue is intended. The bill also includes an increase in winter maintenance funds [...]
A new report released by the City Club of Portland Sept. 9 has found that the Oregon city requires $205 million per year for at least the next ten years in order to [...]
Unofficial results released by the Phoenix City Clerk Aug. 26 show that Phoenix residents voted 54.61 percent to 45.39 percent to enact Proposition 104—a 35-year plan, funded in part by a renewal and [...]
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)— The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) today announced the launch of a “Transportation Investment Advocates Council™” to provide a home for a national network of business professionals and public officials who [...]
Voters in Atlanta, Ga. on March 17 overwhelmingly approved a $187.945 million bond in order to fund the city’s transportation infrastructure. Atlanta’s 2015 Special Election requested a total of $252 million for infrastructure [...]
Osceola County, Fla. commissioners approved a 5 cents-per-gallon local gas tax increase on March 9 with a vote of 4-1. Starting Jan. 1, 2016, the new tax is estimated to generate approximately $6 [...]
Normal City, Ill.’s City Council on March 2 unanimously approved a new 4 cents-per-gallon local tax on motor fuel. The new tax, effective July 1, is anticipated to generate approximately $600,000 per year. [...]
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 [...]
