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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer Simons.
April 8 Roundup: Recent Local Transportation Funding News
Locals are moving ahead on transportation funding. Voters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, approved an April 5 ballot measure to create a new permanent 0.085 percent sales tax to generate $102 million over the next 15 years for the city’s transportation infrastructure. Of that amount, $45 million [...]
April 7 Roundup: Governors & State Transportation Funding
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) proposed returning $100 million of diverted revenue back to the state’s highway fund in his March 28 budget proposal. The additional revenue would help fund the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s three-year, $2 billion program. Read More. Louisiana Gov. John Bel [...]
April 7 Roundup: Recent State Transportation Studies
New reports explore two states' transportation funding options. A report released April 5 by the South Carolina Legislative Audit Council recommended that the state legislature increase the state gas tax, index the motor fuel tax, and diversify the state’s transportation funding sources. The report also advises [...]
April 7: State Transportation Budget Discussion Roundup
The New York legislature reached a budget agreement April 1 that includes $55 billion for the state’s transportation plan, including $27.14 billion for the state Department of Transportation and $27.98 billion for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Mike Elmendorf, president of Rebuild New York Now, stated [...]
May 3 Free Webinar Explores “The Governor’s Role in Transportation Funding”
Advocates will explore the impact of their governor’s involvement in the state transportation funding debate during a free May 3 webinar hosted by ARTBA’s Transportation Investment Advocacy Center™ (TIAC). Speakers will compare successful measures to increase the gas tax, which one governor vetoed and another [...]
July 13 Workshop Session to Highlight “Understanding and Neutralizing Gas Tax Opponents’ Arguments”
A leading consultant will share advice on promoting transportation funding and revenue initiatives to conservative audiences and building preemptive communication strategies at the 2016 National Workshop for State and Local Transportation Leaders, being held Wednesday, July 13, at the Washington Court Hotel in Washington, D.C. [...]
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