What happened: Voters in 18 counties in the Southern Georgia region voted on May 21 to renew a one-cent local sales tax for transportation improvements. What it matters: The measure, passed with 56.75 [...]
Lawmakers in 33 states introduced 117 measures to increase transportation revenue in the first five months of 2024, according to a May analysis by ARTBA’s Transportation Investment Advocacy Center. Notable measures include: New [...]
What’s happening: The ARTBA-TIAC state transportation funding guides are updated regularly to reflect recent changes in state transportation funding law. The Electric Vehicle Registration Fee Guide was updated on June 4 to include [...]
What happened: Voters in Portland, Ore. overwhelmingly approved a gas tax renewal question on the May 21 ballot with 72 percent support. The local 10 cents-per-gallon motor fuel tax was originally approved in [...]
Transportation investment advocates, state lawmakers, public officials, and industry experts from around the country will gather in-person July 15-16 in Washington, D.C. for the 11th Annual National Workshop for State & Local Transportation [...]
States have been exploring new ways to diversify transportation revenue streams, and for transportation funding advocates, there are many lessons to be learned. The 11th Annual National Workshop for State & Local Transportation [...]
What happened: A provision to withhold local transportation funds from cities that failed to increase housing density along major transit routes was removed from pending legislation April 23 after significant pushback from investment [...]
Transportation investment advocates, state lawmakers, public officials, and industry experts from around the country will gather in-person July 15-16 in Washington, D.C. for the 11th Annual National Workshop for State & Local Transportation [...]
What happened: After debating competing proposals, Maryland legislators April 3 reached agreement on a plan to raise much-needed transportation revenue. The compromise plan implements new electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid fees; increases work [...]
What happened: In Sept. 2020 California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) issued an order that all new cars and passenger trucks sold in the state be zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) by 2035. Eight other states [...]
