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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer Simons.
May 13 Weekly Roundup: State Transportation Funding Assets and Shortfalls
The Iowa Department of Transportation announced a $3.5 billion plan May 11 to improve roadway safety. The plan must be approved by the state transportation commission before implementation. Last year, Iowa increased the state gas tax by 10 cents-per-gallon. Read More. *** California’s transportation funding [...]
May 13 Weekly Roundup: Transportation Funding Increase Plans
While Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on May 5 reiterated his plan to push for a transportation funding increase without raising state motor fuel taxes in an upcoming special legislative session, several Republican legislators revealed their intent to introduce a 13 cents-per-gallon motor fuel tax [...]
May 13: Minnesota Transportation Funding Proposals Face Legislative Deadline
With the 2016 regular legislative session ending on May 23, Minnesota lawmakers entered into a conference committee on May 6 to negotiate a transportation funding compromise. While Democrats consented to lowering their proposed gas tax increase from 16 cents-per-gallon to 12 cents-per-gallon, Republicans agreed to [...]
May 6 Weekly Roundup: Transportation Funding Nationwide
A new America THINKS national public opinion survey from HNTB Corporation has found that 65 percent of Americans would support road-usage fees in order to generate new transportation revenue. Read More. Transportation is a one of the top five policy issues in 20 states and [...]
May 6 Weekly Roundup: Transportation Funding Cuts
Moody’s downgraded Kansas’s highway revenue bonds to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’ on May 3 after state lawmakers voted to redirect $185 million in sales tax revenue intended for transportation projects to reduce the state deficit. The bond rating service also lowered the state’s general outlook to [...]
May 6 Weekly Roundup: State Transportation Funding Legislation
A Missouri bill allowing voters to consider a state gas tax increase in the Nov. 8 General Election is facing a May 13 legislative deadline. The measure is before the Select Committee on State and Local Governments, following May 4 approval by the House Transportation [...]
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