Join fellow transportation funding advocates on July 12 in Washington, D.C., for the 4th annual "National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates". Participants will share best practices, playbook secrets and other keys [...]
Approved Idaho Gov. Butch Otter (R) on April 11 permitted legislation to become law that will provide $300 million in Grant Anticipation Revenue (GARVEE) bonds and reroute 1 percent of the state’s sales [...]
Enacted Legislation Minnesota Mark Dayton (D) approved the state department of transportation’s budget on April 3, allowing the agency to utilize $105 million in federal funding approved by the FAST Act to complete [...]
California lawmakers on April 6 approved a plan to boost transportation funding by $5 billion annually through a combination of motor fuel and vehicle registration increases. The bill, which narrowly passed along party [...]
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) vowed on April 4 to veto any legislation that includes a state gas tax increase. Instead, the governor urged lawmakers to approve bonds for highway construction. The [...]
Several South Carolina state senators on March 29 prevented a transportation funding bill from being scheduled for debate. The legislation fell five votes shy (23-18) of the required two-thirds supermajority vote needed for [...]
Enacted Legislation Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) on March 25 approved legislation that permits the department of transportation to authorize up to $1 billion in general obligation (GO) bonds over the next four [...]
Since the start of 2017, TIAC has tracked 104 transportation funding bills being considered in 32 states. This number closely matches the amount of legislation TIAC tracked over the same time period in [...]
Minnesota House Republicans unveiled a new transportation funding proposal on March 21 that would impose a $75 surcharge on electric car owners and divert taxes on car parts and car rentals, which currently [...]
By Eileen Houlihan, senior writer/editor, ARTBA A new ARTBA analysis shows how economic activity can be more than doubled by increasing state-level transportation infrastructure investment. In Kansas, an annual $264 million increase in highway [...]