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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer Simons.
Aug. 4: Analysis of Phoenix’s Successful 2015 Ballot Measure- Proposition 104
Phoenix, AZ residents voted on Aug. 26, 2015 to approve a 35-year transportation plan. The measure, funded in part by a renewal and increase in the city transportation sales tax from 0.4 percent to 0.7 percent, is expected to generate $31.5 billion total to fund local transit projects. The [...]
Aug. 4: State Transportation Funding Weekly Roundup
By Tyler Kane, Transportation Investment Advocacy Center A new report published by the Minnesota Department of Transportation claims that the state’s highway congestion has risen by 2.3 percent to 23.4 percent. With the state’s recent struggle to provide new revenue for transportation, such increases could [...]
Phoenix 2015 Ballot Measure: 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 percent, to generate an anticipated $31.5 billion to fund local transportation projects. Phoenix Proposition 104 (2015)
Aug. 1: New Jersey Senate Postpones Transportation Funding Vote
Unable to garner enough votes to ensure the measure would be veto-proof, New Jersey Senate Democrats on Aug. 1 failed to bring to vote a plan that would increase transportation funding by $20 billion over 10 years. According to Sen. Paul Sarlo (D-Bergen), Senate Democrats [...]
July 29: Analysis of South Carolina’s 2016 Transportation Funding Bond Measure
On June 8, South Carolina leaders created short-term transportation funding legislation that utilizes over $200 million in existing fees to borrow approximately $2.2 billion to fund major interstate and bridge projects over the next decade. This bill also gives the Governor much more influence in the [...]
South Carolina’s 2016 Transportation Funding Bond Measure
South Carolina lawmakers created short-term transportation funding legislation that utilizes over $200 million in existing fees to borrow approximately $2.2 billion to fund major interstate and bridge projects over the next decade. This 2016 bill also gives the Governor much more influence in the selection [...]
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