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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer Simons.
December 2014 State Transportation Funding Initiatives Report
The Transportation Investment Advocacy Center’s updated report of state funding initiatives is now available! TIC staff’s recent review finds several states preparing for the 2015 legislative session. The Michigan legislature reached a transportation funding deal December 18. The plan hinges on voter approval of a state sales and use tax [...]
States Talking Transportation for 2015
Looking Back at 2014 Transportation was a hot topic with state legislatures in 2014, with 66 bills introduced across the country. Over twenty transportation-related bills were approved, with funding legislation approved in 11 states. Of those states, both Rhode Island and New Hampshire passed state [...]
ARTBA Forecasts Modest 2015 Growth for U.S. Transportation Infrastructure Market
(WASHINGTON, D.C.)—The U.S. transportation construction market will grow 3.1 percent from $185.9 billion in 2014 to $191.7 billion in 2015, according to a forecast released December 3 by American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chief Economist Dr. Alison Premo Black. This is slightly above [...]
Statewide Transportation Measures on the Nov 4 2014 Ballot
On November 4, six states will be asking residents to vote upon transportation measures that will determine investment in the region’s infrastructure. Wisconsin Transportation Fund Amendment, Question 1: Wisconsin voters are being asked to consider a measure that would require revenue generated from taxes on [...]
2014 Transportation Ballot Measures: October Update
The Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC) is tracking 42 state and local transportation funding related ballot initiatives that will come up for vote on November 4. Voters have already decided the fate of 44 measures that were on the ballot during the primary season, approving [...]
Texas Senate Committee Hearing Discusses Transportation Funding
Texas Senators met September 16 to discuss ways the state can generate new funds to support transportation projects. In a biennial application presented earlier this year, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) submitted a $20 billion appropriation request to fund the next two years, as [...]
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