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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer Simons.
Report Finds Portland, Ore. Needs $2 Billion to Fix Roads
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 catch up on its transportation infrastructure maintenance backlog. The report, compiled by [...]
New Study Shows How Investments in Transportation Projects Strengthen U.S. Economy
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 individual states' economies and quality of life. The study, authored by the [...]
Updated Report Examines 2015 State Transportation Funding Legislation
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 Dakota, Iowa, and Delaware all passed legislation to ensure recurring transportation funding; [...]
Unofficial Results Show Phoenix Voters Support $31.5 Billion 35-Year City Transportation Plan
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 increase in the city transportation sales tax from 0.4 percent to 0.7 [...]
Colorado Leaders Consider Transportation Funding Increases
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 Colorado Statesman. During a roundtable meeting at the Western Slope region [...]
Washington State 2015 Gas Tax Increase Study Now Available
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 the politics, issues, media and major players involved in the effort. You’ll [...]
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