Oklahoma Pilots Mileage-based Road Tax
What happened: In June, the Sooner State launched the “Fair Miles Oklahoma” pilot program to determine the feasibility of an approximately 1 cent per mile road usage tax. The program, which ends this [...]
July 10: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
Washington state diverts about 5.4 percent of its $3.6 billion in gas tax revenue to projects unrelated to roads, according to a Reason Foundation report. The state’s infrastructure ranks in the bottom [...]
COVID-19 Pandemic: State Transportation Funding Updates
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy approved a combined $24.5 billion capital plan for the state Turnpike Authority and Transportation Authority. Murphy also approved an average toll increase of 57 cents for passenger [...]
COVID-19 Pandemic: State Transportation Funding Updates
Connecticut’s transportation program is running out of money due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, but state lawmakers insist they will not raise the gas tax or impose higher tolls. Their [...]
June 1: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
Dozens of Georgia transportation projects do not have sufficient funding to move forward, according to a May 31 report by The Road Improvement Program (TRIP). Read More>> The Oklahoma legislature’s diversion of transportation [...]
May 4: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
The ability for states and cities to partially fund transportation projects with "new, non-Federal revenue" will be a factor when applying for grants through the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Infrastructure Investments program [...]
Jan. 26: State Transportation Funding Legislation Roundup
Transportation Funding Proposals Connecticut Rep. Jason Rojas (D-East Hartford) announced his plan on Jan. 23 to propose a 4 cents-per-gallon increase in the state gas tax to close the state’s transportation funding shortfall. [...]
Oct. 27: State Transportation Funding News
Gov. Phil Bryant (R) told attendees of the Mississippi Economic Council’s 16th Annual Hobnob event on Oct. 25 that he would support putting a gas tax increase on the Nov. 2018 ballot for [...]
Oct. 26: Oklahoma Supreme Court Strikes Down Electric Vehicle Fee, Leaves Door Open for Subsequent Legislative Action
By Nick Goldstein, vice president of regulatory affairs & assistant general counsel, ARTBA The Sierra Club won a legal victory in the state of Oklahoma Oct. 24 when a state supreme court decision [...]
Oct. 6: State Transportation Funding News
New resource! View our “State Electric Vehicle Fees” report, a one-page summary and map of the 19 states that impose an additional fee on electric vehicles in order to ensure they contribute to [...]