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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer.
COVID-19 Pandemic: State Transportation Funding Updates
These states say declining motor fuel tax revenue collections due to reduced traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic are impacting transportation construction and repair projects: Michigan transportation experts estimated an 8.5 percent decline in transportation revenues for the current fiscal year due to decreased traffic [...]
COVID-19 Pandemic: State Transportation Funding Updates
In Douglas County, Nebraska, voters approved a countywide ballot to borrow $200 million for pavement rehabilitation and reconstruction. This measure passed with 73 percent support despite economic pressures from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more>> These states say declining motor fuel tax revenue collections [...]
July 29: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
In response to feedback, local officials in Pinellas County, Florida, want to create a transportation solution that addresses congestion, safety, transit, job growth, affordable housing, and workforce training. Such a package is estimated to total $392 million in capital and $31.5 million annually in operations [...]
March 25: New Report Details Maryland’s Transportation Congestion Crisis
MTBMA Executive Director Michael Sakata addresses Maryland’s road funding issue with (L-R) Maryland Secretary of Transportation Pete Rahn, TRIP Director of Policy and Research Rocky Moretti, and MDOT State Highway Administration Administrator Greg Slater. Maryland’s urban roads and highways are overloaded with some of [...]
July 1: State Transportation Funding Weekly Roundup
With Tyler Kane, Transportation Investment Advocacy Center Gas taxes increased on July 1 by 4.9 cents per gallon in Washington state, and 0.9 cents per gallon in Maryland. The same day, California decreased its gas tax by 2.2 cents per gallon, while Nebraska and North [...]
January 2016 State Gas Tax Changes
Nine states adjusted their motor fuel taxes Jan. 1, with four increases tied to efforts to providing more funding for transportation infrastructure investment, and five decreases triggered by falling oil prices. Four states—Utah, Nebraska, Maryland and Florida—raised their motor fuel tax rates. Utah had the [...]