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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer Simons.
May 23: Arkansas Governor Signs $50 Million Transportation Funding Bill
by Tyler Kane, Transportation Investment Advocacy Center Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) signed House Bill 1009, titled the “Arkansas Highway Improvement Plan of 2016”, into law on May 23 in order to generate nearly $50 million for the state’s highways over the next year. The bill [...]
May 26: Weekly State Transportation Funding Roundup
with Tyler Kane, Transportation Investment Advocacy Center The Alaska legislature on May 23 began a special session to pass a FY 2017 budget and prevent a government shutdown. One of the contested measures within the budget concerns the state’s gas tax, which remains the lowest [...]
SC House Sends Senate Amended Transportation Funding Measure
As the end of the regular legislative session approaches, the South Carolina House voted 102-3 on May 24 to advance a bill that could provide over $4 billion for the state’s transportation infrastructure over the next decade. The measure would permanently dedicate Department of Motor [...]
May 25: Recent State Transportation Funding Research in Tennessee & New Jersey
and Tyler Kane, Transportation Investment Advocacy Center A recent survey published May 12 by Vanderbilt University shows that approximately half of Tennessee voters would support a gas tax increase between 8 and 16 cents-per-gallon if the tax revenue was spent on both roads and bridges. [...]
May 23: Minnesota Transportation Funding Package Fails to Advance
Unable to reach a compromise, Minnesota lawmakers adjourned at midnight on May 23 without making progress on legislation to provide needed funding for the state’s transportation infrastructure. With only hours left in the 2016 legislative session— after months of debate going back to the 2015 [...]
ARTBA Chief Economist Updates State Lawmakers on Transportation Funding Trends
By Eileen Houlihan, senior writer/editor ARTBA A dozen state lawmakers were briefed May 19 by ARTBA’s Chief Economist Dr. Alison Black on state and local funding trends as part of the Council of State Governments (CSG) Transportation Leaders’ Federal-State Policy Academy, held in Washington, D.C. [...]
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