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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer Simons.
March 8: States Get Green Light to Reprogram $2 Billion in Old Highway Earmarks
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 is releasing guidance for states to “repurpose” roughly $2 billion in unused [...]
New Look & Expanded Content Drive Transportation Investment Advocacy Center™ Website
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 American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), the TIAC—www.transportationinvestment.org—is a first-of-its-kind, dynamic [...]
March 4: State News Roundup
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. Read More. After passing competing bills, Indiana lawmakers entered conference committee in [...]
March 2: Proposed Bill Threatens Oklahoma Transportation Funding
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 this would significantly delay transportation construction projects, including the agency’s plan to [...]
Feb. 29: NJ State Report Confirms Transportation Fund Dilemma
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 Report released Feb. 26 by the Office of Public Finance of the [...]
Feb. 29: State News Roundup
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 released Feb. 15. The study concluded that businesses and residents in Indiana [...]
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