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A real fix for Texas’s traffic problems
An op-ed written by Scott Haywood, Regional Co-Chair for the Transportation Investment Advocates Council, published in "TribTalk" March 17, 2015. A patchwork of one-time funding jolts to our state’s transportation system isn’t sustainable. We need predictable, long-term sources of revenue. By Scott Haywood, president of Move [...]
New ARTBA Transportation Investment Advocates Council Connects Allies for Information Sharing on State & Local Legislation and Ballot Initiatives
(WASHINGTON)— The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) today announced the launch of a “Transportation Investment Advocates Council™” to provide a home for a national network of business professionals and public officials who share a common interest in building support for transportation infrastructure investments in [...]
Atlanta, Ga. Approves $188 Million Transportation Infrastructure Bond
Voters in Atlanta, Ga. on March 17 overwhelmingly approved a $187.945 million bond in order to fund the city’s transportation infrastructure. Atlanta’s 2015 Special Election requested a total of $252 million for infrastructure improvements. Question 1—requesting $187.945 million of the new funds for improving and [...]
S.D. Approves Bill to Increase State Gas Tax
Update March 17, 2015: Governor Dennis Daugaard (R) signed into law a bill that will generate over $80 million per year for state and county highway and bridge investment, funded in part by a 6 cents-per-gallon increase in the state gas tax. Senate Bill 1 also authorizes [...]
Transportation Proposal Pushed by Conservative Activists Would Force States to Raise Gas Taxes An Average of 23.5 Cents-Per-Gallon
Alaska Would Need Largest Gas Tax Hike of $1 Per Gallon, Followed By Montana at 44.5 Cents-Per-Gallon To Keep Current Funding Levels Under Plan to Gut Federal Funding For State Highway Capital Investments (WASHINGTON, D.C.)—Transportation legislation being pushed in Congress by Heritage Action, the Club [...]
Utah Legislature Sends Transportation Funding Bill to Governor
Utah lawmakers reached a compromise on March 12 to increase the state’s gas tax by 5 cents-per-gallon, add a 12 percent tax on the wholesale price of gasoline, and permit counties to seek voter approval for a 1/4-cent sales and use tax increase for local [...]
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