Australian 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleUtah Task Force: Gas Tax is Like a “Final Concert”
Speaker suggests I-15 tolls, tax on bike tires to replace funding.
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 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 ArticleAmericans 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...
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