With Tyler Kane, Transportation Investment Advocacy Center Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) Commissioner John Schroer delivered a public presentation on Sept. 27 about why the state needs to increase transportation funding and what [...]
The Wyoming Department of Transportation’s funds remain stable, despite cuts to the state budget that have affected multiple other state agencies. The department’s financial stability is due in part to its minimal reliance [...]
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation 2017-2019 budget proposal released Sept. 15 includes a $447.4 million cut from state highway programs, which would delay several major highway construction projects throughout the state, and an [...]
Over 90 bills related to state transportation funding have been discussed to-date in 38 states during the 2016 legislative session. Twelve measures have already been approved, totaling $4.343 billion. Further state legislative action is [...]
A coalition of 64 Californian business, labor and government groups signed a letter asking state lawmakers to return to Sacramento and resume discussions on a solution to California’s transportation funding shortfall. While the [...]
Kentucky transportation officials warned that by August 2017 the state’s road fund could fall below the financial cushion set by the state’s transportation cabinet. Read More>> Due to lower-than-expected revenue generated from Vermont’s [...]
"...Yes, driving declined for much of that time anyway. The point is how much more, and how much more lastingly, it might have dropped if gas taxes had just kept pace with inflation. [...]
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on Aug. 30 announced eight state transportation projects would receive $14.2 million in grants to assess alternative revenue mechanisms under the Surface Transportation System [...]
Transportation Funding Shortfalls With South Carolina ranked by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as having some of the deadliest roads in the country, the state’s Department of Transportation knows it needs to [...]
Recorded sessions of the 3rd Annual “National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates” are now available for free on the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center™ (TIAC) website. Speakers from 11 states – Mississippi, [...]
