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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer Simons.
Idaho House Sends Transportation Funding Bills to Senate
The Idaho House approved on March 30 two bills to increase funding for the state’s transportation infrastructure. Legislation to increase vehicle registration fees and impose new registration fees on hybrid and electric cars was approved with a vote of 43 to 26. House Bill 312 [...]
Utah Governor Approves State Gas Tax Increase
Utah Governor Gary Herbert (R) on March 27 signed into law a bill to increase the state gas tax by 5 cents-per-gallon, create a 12 percent tax on the statewide average wholesale price of motor fuel to replace the flat gas tax in the future, [...]
Two Variable-Rate States Reach Deals to Stabilize Their Gas Taxes
Two states with variable-rate gas taxes have reached deals to prevent the taxes—both based on the average wholesale price of gasoline, which has decreased significantly in the past few months—from collecting below an amount needed to maintain the states’ transportation infrastructure. Kentucky approved on March [...]
March 2015 State Transportation Funding Initiatives Report: States Continue Advancing Transportation Bills
The Transportation Investment Advocacy Center’s third 2015 report on state transportation legislation is now available. Transportation funding legislation has been considered in 30 states so far this year. TIAC staff have tracked 105 bills introduced in 2015 alone, with over 110 bills currently pending legislative action. [...]
ARTBA to Host Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates July 15 in the Nation’s Capital
(WASHINGTON)— The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is bringing together transportation investment champions under one roof this summer to share best practices, playbook secrets and other keys to success in advancing legislative and ballot initiatives that boost transportation infrastructure investment. The 2nd Annual “National [...]
State DOTs Continue to Pull Back on Transportation Improvements Over Continued Uncertainty Regarding the Federal Highway Trust Fund
(WASHINGTON)—Four states have canceled or delayed $780 million in transportation improvement projects and another nine say over $1.8 billion are at risk because of continued uncertainty over whether Congress will take action soon to fix the ailing Highway Trust Fund (HTF). The Washington, D.C.-based American [...]
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