This successful legislative campaign in the Maryland state legislature resulted in the enactment of a transportation gasoline/sales tax package that has been projected to generate $830 million per year for road and public [...]
In 2013, the Ohio state legislature delivered an increase in transportation funding. Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) signed a two-year, $7.6 billion transportation and public safety budget bill that also permitted states to [...]
The Vermont legislature increased the fuel tax to support transportation investment throughout the state in 2013. Vermont enacted a two-percent sales tax on gasoline as well as a 0.8 cent decrease in the per [...]
This successful vehicles-miles-traveled (VMT) pilot program passed in the Oregon state legislature in 2013, and this road usage charge system will be the first in the nation. Senate Bill 810 established a new [...]
WYOMING: HOUSE BILL 69 (2013) This successful legislative campaign with the Wyoming state legislature raised the fuel tax rate by ten-cents-per-gallon, which will generate approximately $70 million annually. Case Study – Wyoming – [...]
INDIANA CASE STUDY: BUDGET INCREASE (2013) Case Study – Indiana – 2013
PENNSYLVANIA: HOUSE BILL 1060 (2013) This successful legislative campaign with the Pennsylvania state legislature produced a five-year, $2.3 billion transportation package. The comprehensive transportation bill passed in November 2013, and it will provide [...]
TEXAS: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (2013) In August of 2013, the Texas legislature successfully approved a measure to redirect $1.2 billion annually in oil and gas revenue from the state’s general Rainy Day Fund to [...]
MASSACHUSETTS: 2013 This successful legislative campaign with the Massachusetts state legislature resulted in an increase of the gasoline tax in order to generate additional transportation funding. In July of 2013, Massachusetts legislators overrode [...]
In a radio interview Nov. 2, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) addressed the possibility of a state gas tax increase: “Everything is on the table for discussion, but it must be done [...]
