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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer Simons.
2014 Transportation Ballot Measures: October Update
The Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC) is tracking 42 state and local transportation funding related ballot initiatives that will come up for vote on November 4. Voters have already decided the fate of 44 measures that were on the ballot during the primary season, approving [...]
Poll Shows Americans Opposed to Tolls, Support A Variety of User Fees For Transportation
Most Americans (56%) oppose states collecting tolls on federal interstate highways, while a minority (29%) supports the idea and the remainder (15%) “don’t know,” according to a recent poll conducted by YouGov. Over half (53%) say that the revenue generated from tolls on a federal [...]
October 2014: State Funding Initiatives Report
Our updated review of state funding initiatives is now available. Our recent review of state legislatures shows that several states plan to consider transportation ballot measures in the upcoming November election. In addition, two transportation bills in California were approved by the state legislature and are currently awaiting [...]
Bipartisan SC Group of Lawmakers Supports Increased Transportation Funding, State Gas Tax
A group of bipartisan lawmakers stated September 22 that they are prepared to raise South Carolina’s gas tax in order to fund necessary repairs to the state’s roads and bridges. In an annual meeting held by the South Carolina Alliance to Fix Our Roads, Senators [...]
Texas Senate Committee Hearing Discusses Transportation Funding
Texas Senators met September 16 to discuss ways the state can generate new funds to support transportation projects. In a biennial application presented earlier this year, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) submitted a $20 billion appropriation request to fund the next two years, as [...]
New Jersey Coalition Urges Transportation Investment; New Report Quantifies Benefits of Investment
Forward NJ released a report September 16 analyzing the economic impact of various transportation investment levels in New Jersey. Tom Bracken, chair of Forward NJ and CEO of the NJ Chamber of Commerce, and the study’s author, Dr. Alison Premo Black, chief economist at the [...]
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