Six states raised their gas taxes on July 1 in order to help pay for transportation projects, but an ARTBA analysis shows actual retail prices at the pump mostly fell, in line with [...]
By Rich Juliano, senior vice president and managing director of contractors and P3 division, ARTBA Gov. Larry Hogan (R-Maryland) announced June 25 that his administration will proceed with the Purple Line, a 16-mile light [...]
Increasing the gas tax does not result in a commensurate penny-to-penny increase in the retail price motorists pay at the pump, a study of the market impacts of five state gas tax increases [...]
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 [...]
This 2014 statewide ballot measure to protect Maryland’s transportation fund from diversions to non-transportation programs was overwhelmingly approved by voters, with 82% in favor of the measure. Maryland Transportation Fund Amendment_2014
The Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC) is tracking 42 state and local transportation funding related ballot initiatives that will come up for vote on November 4. Voters have already decided the fate of [...]
Lawmakers Defer to Voters on Tax, Budget Issues Written by Elaine S. Povich, Staff Writer, for Stateline, the daily news service of The Pew Charitable Trusts. June 11, 2014 Many state legislatures have sent contentious [...]
