Americans Back a Higher Gas Tax to Fix Roads
Congress hasn’t raised the federal gas tax since 1993 when Bill Clinton was president, but a narrow majority of Americans would support an increase to help fix crumbling roads and bridges in their own...
View ArticleCyclists Fear Spread of Oregon’s Bike Tax
Oregon has yet to collect a penny from a pioneering tax on bicycles to pay for infrastructure, and already at least one lawmaker from another state is thinking about getting into the act.
View ArticleCO Senator Calls for Bicycle Tax To Pay for Roads
Senate Republicans in the last legislative session wouldn’t allow any new taxes to pay for roads, but Sen. Ray Scott has found one he can embrace: taxing bicycles.
View ArticleUtah Task Force: Gas Tax is Like a “Final Concert”
Speaker suggests I-15 tolls, tax on bike tires to replace funding.
View ArticleStudy Says Buy America Rules Make Things More Expensive
Federal requirements to buy American-made products may be forcing some U.S. transit systems to spend more money, according to a new study from a center-right think tank.
View ArticleAmericans Opinions on Federal Tax Options to Support Transport
The Mineta Transportation Institute San Jose State University has released a report that summarizes a national public opinion poll about tax options for raising federal transportation revenues, with a...
View ArticleOregon’s Pay-Per-Mile Driving Fees Still Waiting for Approval
The state DOT says it’s ready to expand a trial per-mile driving fee to all cars, but the legislature is focused on a plan that includes a gas tax hike instead.
View ArticleTrump Cuts Show Fragility of Transportation Status Quo
President Trump unveiled his fiscal year 2018 budget, which proposed a sea change in how the United States funds transportation.
View ArticleWill Atlanta Transportation Funding be Well Spent?
For many Atlantans, the problem with their transit system boils down to this simple fact: It’s too scarce. “The number one complaint I hear about MARTA,” says Robbie Ashe, the transit agency’s board...
View ArticleWhite House Moves on Infrastructure Expected This Week
The White House will kick its major infrastructure initiative into high gear next week with a string of high-profile events aimed at ramping up support for one of President Trump’s chief campaign...
View ArticleAustralian Toll Roads: A View After 25 Years
Tolled roads in Australia have been around now for over 25 years and have created camps of supporters and dissenters. Have they delivered value for money (to whom?) and have they reached their use by...
View ArticleLA City Council Approves $27M for Vision Zero
The full L.A. City Council approved $27.2 million for Vision Zero in the city’s fiscal year 2017-18 budget. This represents a vast increase over the current year’s Vision Zero budget of $3-4 million,...
View ArticleDetroit’s Streetcar and Rise of Urban Philanthropy
Detroit, a city with a fraught relationship with transit, just got a downtown streetcar. After years of complex administrative and funding hurdles, the QLine recent opened, an impressive achievement...
View ArticleMileage Fees, Not Gas Taxes, Will Work
Taxing miles instead of fuel better matches the current transportation landscape: This is, after all, an era where technology is rewriting the rules on how people move, and how they relate to...
View ArticleGas Tax Hikes The Norm in Many States
Nearly half the states have increased fuel taxes in the past five years, suggesting it’s perhaps not the political risk it was once thought to be.
View ArticleFunding Transit With Value Capture and Smalller P3s
TRB will conduct a webinar on Wednesday, June 7 at 2:00PM that features research from the TCRP’s Report 190: Guide to Value Capture Financing for Public Transportation Projects, and Report 191: Public...
View ArticleWhy CA’s New Transport Bill Is a Really Big, Historic Deal
Not only does it solve big problems for cities and transit agencies across the state, it shows that California can raise significant funding for transportation in an era of dwindling federal resources.
View ArticleCan Interstate Tolling Solve States’ Road Funding Crisis?
Tolls are not everyone’s cup of tea. But thanks to its robust tolling program for major highways, Illinois is moving ahead with widening and reconstruction projects comparable to those that are stalled...
View ArticleCA Transport Bill Passes with Closed-Door Deals, Public Posturing
Well, it’s done. Last night, the California legislature passed S.B. 1, the transportation funding bill that has been hard fought for the last two years.
View ArticleNew Gas Tax Opposition Arises In CA
Assemblyman Vince Fong clashed Monday with Gov. Jerry Brown over how a proposal to raise gas taxes for road repairs may add to increases in fuel prices expected from the state’s cap-and-trade program.
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