The Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC) is tracking 42 state and local transportation funding related ballot initiatives that will come up for vote on November 4. Voters have already decided the fate of [...]
Most Americans (56%) oppose states collecting tolls on federal interstate highways, while a minority (29%) supports the idea and the remainder (15%) “don’t know,” according to a recent poll conducted by YouGov. Over [...]
Our updated review of state funding initiatives is now available. Our recent review of state legislatures shows that several states plan to consider transportation ballot measures in the upcoming November election. In addition, two transportation bills [...]
A group of bipartisan lawmakers stated September 22 that they are prepared to raise South Carolina’s gas tax in order to fund necessary repairs to the state’s roads and bridges. In an annual [...]
Texas Senators met September 16 to discuss ways the state can generate new funds to support transportation projects. In a biennial application presented earlier this year, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) submitted [...]
Forward NJ released a report September 16 analyzing the economic impact of various transportation investment levels in New Jersey. Tom Bracken, chair of Forward NJ and CEO of the NJ Chamber of Commerce, [...]
The Spanish Fort City Council unanimously approved the Alabama city’s first-ever gas tax on August 15. The one cent-per-gallon tax will take effect on November 1 and is anticipated to generate $45,000 annually [...]
A Louisiana task force met for the first time September 10 to compose recommendations on how the state can boost investment in roads and bridges. The eight-member group was created by the state [...]
Pasco County, Fla. commissioners voted September 9 to approve a 5-cents-per-gallon county fuel tax increase. The fuel tax increase is anticipated to generate $8 million annually in revenue for maintaining the county’s roads [...]
Missouri voters weighed in on transportation funding options during an August 4 town hall meeting in Columbia, Missouri, one month after a three-fourths-cent transportation sales tax increase was defeated at the polls. Residents [...]