The 9th Annual National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Funding, sponsored by the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC), will take place July 12-13 at the Grand Hyatt Washington. Transportation investment advocates, state [...]
What happened: The Washington, D.C. City Council increased the annual vehicle registration fee to $500 from $175 for passenger vehicles over 6,000 pounds. The increase was included in the 2023 city budget, approved [...]
Lawmakers in New York, Florida, Connecticut, Maryland, and Georgia this year have suspended their state gas taxes collections as pump prices soar to near $5 per gallon. Legislators in two dozen other states [...]
What happened: Louisiana state lawmakers June 5 passed a bill that will charge annual fees of $110 for electric vehicles, and $60 for hybrid vehicles. Bipartisan support in the House and Senate provided [...]
What happened: Over 90 percent of Michigan voters view roads and bridges negatively and a plurality of respondents to a new poll also listed ‘improving state infrastructure’ as their top issue over crime, [...]
What happened: Atlanta voters May 24 approved a ballot measure renewing a 0.4 percent sales tax to be used for road and bridge improvements. The sales tax will generate an estimated $350 million [...]
State lawmakers and transportation advocates face two challenges: ensuing drivers of fuel-efficient vehicles contribute to maintaining and improving transportation infrastructure, and evaluating the impacts of freight growth and e-commerce on roads and bridges. [...]
Amidst the growing number of electric vehicles on our nation's roadways, state transportation officials are addressing the challenge of ensuring electric vehicle drivers contribute to the construction and maintenance of the transportation infrastructure they [...]
What happened: Voters in the Arizona city on May 17 approved Proposition 411, which extends the tax for 10 years and is projected to generate $740 million. 80 percent of remitted funds – $59 [...]
What happened: Virginia drivers with fuel-efficient (25 MPG or greater) or electric vehicles who currently pay the annual highway use fee (HUF) will soon have the option to enroll in the “Mileage Choice [...]
