Over the past 10 years, state transportation funds have supported an average of 48 percent of annual capital outlays for highway and bridge projects, with federal resources providing the remaining 52 percent. Since [...]
A bill to raise Alabama’s state gas tax for the first time in 23 years passed a key House committee Sept. 10. The measure provides an immediate 5 cents-per-gallon increase. It also would [...]
A new report released by the City Club of Portland Sept. 9 has found that the Oregon city requires $205 million per year for at least the next ten years in order to [...]
As millions of Americans prepare to travel this Labor Day weekend, a new report shows just how critical investments in transportation infrastructure projects are to the U.S. as a whole as well as [...]
An updated report with information on over 160 transportation funding initiatives introduced in 2015—what’s passed, what’s failed, and what’s still pending—is now available. So far in 2015: Washington, Nebraska, Georgia, Idaho, Utah, South [...]
Unofficial results released by the Phoenix City Clerk Aug. 26 show that Phoenix residents voted 54.61 percent to 45.39 percent to enact Proposition 104—a 35-year plan, funded in part by a renewal and [...]
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D), along with state Reps. Yuelin Willett (R-Grand Junction) and J. Paul Brown (R-Ignacio), on Aug. 20 expressed support for an increase in the state gas tax, according to [...]
The TIAC staff researches and prepares detailed case studies of recent successful—and unsuccessful—state and local legislative and ballot initiative campaigns aimed at increasing transportation infrastructure investment. For each case, the studies dig into [...]
Lawmakers on the California Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Development voted 9-2 on Aug. 19 to increase the state gas tax by 12 cents-per-gallon and increase vehicle registration fees by up to [...]
By Apryl Motley for Connectivity: Help for Associations, Nonprofits and Advocacy Professionals from CQ Roll Call With partisan gridlock taking up permanent residence in the nation’s capital, many associations have found local and state policy [...]