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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer Simons.
Aug. 25: State Transportation Funding Weekly Roundup
U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (D- Tenn.) stated Aug. 19 that Tennessee is at risk of losing approximately $60 million in federal highway funding due to a newly enacted state law that raised the allowable limit of blood-alcohol content (BAC) for 18- to 20-year-olds to 0.08. [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
March 16 Legislative Update: Bills Making Progress in the States
Nebraska is on its way to passing a transportation funding bill, Alabama and Mississippi are considering gasoline tax increases, and Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Connecticut are reviewing legislation to protect transportation revenue. In Utah, the legislature approved diverting transportation revenue to education and water projects, [...]
March 11: State News Roundup
As Connecticut lawmakers evaluate a proposal from Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) to create a transportation fund ‘lockbox’, a governor-appointed panel told the General Assembly’s transportation committee on March 9 that taxpayers are unlikely to support new revenue without assurance that it would be safeguarded from [...]
Feb. 29: State News Roundup
Current low fuel prices make it a “good time” to increase motor fuel taxes in order to fund transportation projects, according to a Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research report released Feb. 15. The study concluded that businesses and residents in Indiana [...]
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