Funding Legislation Proposed for CA Transport Agencies
Soon, the threshold for passing local transportation bonds in California could be far lower, unlocking funding for countless transit needs across the Golden State.
View ArticleCaltrain Funding Cuts Could Stunt Bay Area’s Growth
All of Caltrain’s problems have solutions. These involve smart investments in better service and one of the keys is the Caltrain electrification project. And yet, the Republican Party is threatening to...
View ArticleDo Toll Roads Hurt The Poor?
The idea of paying for transportation with a gas tax or, even worse, a sales tax runs counter to everything we advocate for. Everyone pays a little, everyone expects a lot. But do toll roads work...
View ArticleStates Aren’t Waiting for Trump’s Infrastructure Funding
Republican leaders from at least six states are pushing to raise gasoline taxes or other fees to pay for upgrading roads and bridges, saying they can’t count on President Donald Trump’s $1 trillion...
View ArticleWhat CO Transportation Bill Does for Active Transport
Colorado lawmakers took a step closer to finalizing a transportation funding measure that would go before voters in November. The bipartisan bill consists of a small sales tax hike — .62 cents on the...
View ArticleInfra Funding Through Value Capture Harder Than It Seems
Is “value capture” a wonderful untapped opportunity to fulfil all our infrastructure dreams? Our new report casts a cold, hard gaze over value capture, and finds that it’s a good tax in theory, but...
View ArticleRural Minnesota Transport Subsidized by Twin Cities
Perception aside, metro does not get bulk of transportation dollars, analysis shows.
View ArticleMD Gov. Lists Transport Priorities, Meets Trump Officials
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) met with top Trump administration officials Wednesday in a bid to advance state interests in transportation, health care and housing.
View ArticleCA Plans Infra Fix By Selling Out Clean Air
A proposal outlined by CA leaders would raise fuel taxes and levy a new “road user fee” on drivers to pay for vital transportation infrastructure. But the press releases and speeches did not mention...
View ArticleAfter Years of Inaction, CA Rushes to Approve Transport Funding Bill
Governor Jerry Brown and California legislative leaders are hoping that the transportation funding package they have agreed on will get quick approval in the legislature, and to that end have been...
View ArticleTrumping the Transportation Progress Our Cities Need
The president’s spending proposals would derail the networks that are key to our economic growth.
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.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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,...
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