Missouri voters weighed in on transportation funding options during an August 4 town hall meeting in Columbia, Missouri, one month after a three-fourths-cent transportation sales tax increase was defeated at the polls. Residents [...]
A coalition of transportation advocates met August 19 to call on gubernatorial candidates to hold a debate on Connecticut’s transportation issues. The coalition, consisting of 35 organizations throughout the state, also urged candidates [...]
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 [...]
Lawmakers in New Jersey are currently searching for a way to close the widening gap in funding needed to repair and maintain the state’s transportation infrastructure. During a budget hearing in May 2014, [...]
Today many Michigan residents will decide on funding for local transit agencies throughout the state. Several cities and counties throughout the state have measures on the August 5 ballot to renew or increase [...]
Today Missouri voters will vote on a ballot measure to increase the state’s sales tax by three-fourths-cents to fund transportation projects throughout the state. If approved, the measure would raise $5.4 billion over [...]
New taxes and fees intended to fund local transportation projects are more likely to receive support from voters than those funding state transportation projects, a new poll by the Boston Globe has found. [...]
A transportation advocacy group is urging Wisconsin voters to approve a November 4 state ballot initiative, the Wisconsin Transportation Fund Amendment, which would ensure that revenues from transportation fees and taxes would only [...]
Governor Pat Quinn signed two capital construction bills July 22 that will invest $1.1 billion in Illinois roads and bridges. House Bill 3794, part of Quinn’s six-year Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction program, [...]
Oregon has been at the forefront of developing funding mechanisms for highway and bridge construction and maintenance since 1919, when it became the first state to introduce a dedicated state tax based on [...]
