Legislation Passed Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) April 25 signed a law to increase vehicle registration fees, which will be used to fund the State Highway Patrol so revenue isn’t diverted from the [...]
Learn why and how a record number of transportation investment initiatives have passed since 2013 at the 5th Annual “National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates,” being held July 18 at the [...]
The Washington Road Usage Charge Pilot Project has successfully enrolled 2,000 drivers from across the state to explore a new way to fund state transportation improvements, according to members of the state's steering committee. “With [...]
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) expects its staff to swell by 10 percent over the next five years, adding 2,000 employees as it works on projects funded by the new gasoline tax [...]
A Wisconsin project to build a $10 billion Foxconn Technology Group plant in the southeast region of the state could reduce road funding for state projects by $90 million, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau said in a memo to [...]
(This story appears in the January/February issue of Transportation Builder, which is publishing soon.) By Mark Holan, editorial director, ARTBA Whether Alabama or California, Ohio or Idaho, states often have similar needs, but [...]
The 5th Annual “National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates,” a signature program of the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center™ (TIAC), will once again bring together transportation investment champions from around the country to [...]
New Mexico House lawmakers rejected a Senate amendment on Feb. 13 that would decrease revenue for road construction and maintenance from $60 million to $34 million, holding up the state's $6.3 billion budget plan. The [...]
By Mark Holan, editorial director, ARTBA A new feature on the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center™ (TIAC) website makes it easy to track in real time transportation funding measures in state legislatures nationwide. The [...]
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) on Jan. 31 released a proposal to stabilize the state’s dwindling Special Transportation Fund by increasing the state gas tax by 7 cents-per-gallon (phased in over four years), implementing statewide electronic [...]
