In a short video produced by the American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials, New Hampshire Department of Transportation Commissioner Christopher Clement discusses the movement that lead to a recent, landmark decision [...]
A new ballot measure to repeal part of a law that indexes the state gas tax to inflation will be put before Massachusetts voters this fall. The coalition “Tank the Automatic Gas Tax [...]
Delaware is raising weekend tolls on Route 1 by a dollar to generate revenue for road projects. This move is expected to generate approximately $10 million annually, the majority of which will go [...]
The Arizona Transportation Board has approved a $306 million “2015-2019 Five Year Transportation Facilities Construction Program”. The proposal places particular emphasis on maintaining and modernizing the state’s highway system, and includes several major [...]
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe June 18 announced the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) approved a statewide $13.1 billion Six-Year Improvement Plan (2015-20) that will support major improvements to roads, bridges, highways, rail, transit, and [...]
An audit released June 17 by the Oregon Secretary of State’s office found that due to declining revenue from the state and federal gas taxes, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has been [...]
A poll released June 12 by the Laborers’ International Union of America (LIUNA) demonstrated that a majority of Americans are worried about unsafe conditions on the nation’s roads. The survey, conducted by Hart [...]
Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander has approved the ballot question for House Joint Resolution 68, a bill that will raise the state sales and use tax by .75% for a period of [...]
Last week Michigan lawmakers failed to pass a significant transportation funding bill that would have generated an estimated $450 million towards maintaining and modernizing the state’s transportation infrastructure. House Bill 5477 was introduced [...]
Our recent review of state legislatures shows that several states have passed successful transportation funding bills in the past few months. Major funding victories were achieved in New Hampshire and Vermont, and several [...]
