On Wednesday, the Missouri House approved legislation that will allow voters to consider a ballot initiative to impose a sales tax of three-fourths-cent for transportation improvement projects throughout the state. If approved in [...]
Last week Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved a new state bond that will provide almost $1.9 billion for roads, bridges and local infrastructure projects over the next ten years. State Issue 1 is the [...]
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 [...]
