By Allison Rose, manager of member services and chapter relations, ARTBA U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Victor Mendez and Deputy Federal Highway Administrator David Kim told ARTBA and other stakeholders today the department [...]
An interactive U.S. map featuring the latest state news and information on transportation funding issues powers the redesigned Transportation Investment Advocacy Center™ (TIAC) website rolled out March 7. Launched in 2014 by the [...]
State Legislative Activity The South Carolina Senate introduced a deal to increase transportation funding by $400 million, transferred annually from the state’s General Fund. The Senate will debate the bill on March 8. [...]
Proposed legislation in Oklahoma would cut the state Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) funding by almost $60 million per year, unless state revenue grows by at least 4 percent. ODOT spokeswoman Terri Angier stated [...]
New Jersey continues to rate as one of the most indebted states in the country, with the Transportation Trust Fund considered the most pressing concern according to a State of New Jersey: Debt [...]
Current low fuel prices make it a “good time” to increase motor fuel taxes in order to fund transportation projects, according to a Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research report [...]
A recording of the Feb. 24 TIAC webinar, “Thinking Beyond the Gas Tax”, is now available online. The webinar explored how three states successfully increased state transportation investment when raising motor fuel taxes [...]
Map from NCSL's Public-Private Partnership Toolkit Thirty-three states permit public-private partnerships (P3s) for transportation projects, according to a comprehensive report released by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Jan. 11. The most [...]
An additional $5 billion is needed over the next decade in order to address congestion problems on South Carolina’s interstates, Department of Transportation Officials said Feb. 10. Read More. Meanwhile, South Carolina Sen. [...]
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) signed into law on August 2 legislation to permit $2.8 billion in transportation bonds. The bonds will be used to fund the first five years of Gov. Malloy’s “Let’s Go [...]