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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer Simons.
New Jersey Coalition Urges Transportation Investment; New Report Quantifies Benefits of Investment
Forward NJ released a report September 16 analyzing the economic impact of various transportation investment levels in New Jersey. Tom Bracken, chair of Forward NJ and CEO of the NJ Chamber of Commerce, and the study’s author, Dr. Alison Premo Black, chief economist at the [...]
New Jersey Lawmakers Consider Transportation Funding Options
Lawmakers in New Jersey are currently searching for a way to close the widening gap in funding needed to repair and maintain the state’s transportation infrastructure. During a budget hearing in May 2014, then-Transportation Commissioner James Simpson testified before lawmakers that New Jersey’s Transportation Trust [...]
Bill Creating Transportation Infrastructure Bank Clears New Jersey Senate Panel
This Monday, New Jersey’s Senate Transportation Committee passed legislation to create a transportation infrastructure bank. The infrastructure bank would help finance bridge and road repairs, along with other major projects, and is the second time in two years that such a measure has been proposed. [...]
NJ Bill Would Legalize Marijuana, Fund Transportation Projects
New Jersey State Senator Nicholas Scutari (D-Union) introduced new legislation this week that would legalize marijuana in order to raise revenue for transportation. Senate Bill 1896 would "legalize the possession and personal use of small amounts of marijuana for persons age 21 and over," and this [...]
New Jersey Introduces New Gas Tax Legislation
State Senator Raymond Lesniak (D-Union) introduced Senate Bill 1865 on March 17. Senate Bill 1865 would increase the state motor fuels tax in order to fund additional road and bridge improvement projects throughout the state of New Jersey. SB 1865 would raise the motor fuels [...]
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