- Before adding new fees and taxes, look at how the current funding is used. Too much is used to build and not enough to maintain existing infrastructure.
- Any new funding has to be protected so it can only be used for roads, bridges and highways
- Reduce the nearly $60 billion in deferred transportation maintenance
- Look at California’s revenue surplus and a rainy day reserve fund; some of which should be dedicated to our transportation system.
- No ne…
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Toll Battle Wages Across the U.S. All Eyes Look to Texas.
Highlighting a Texas Turf Anti-Toll protest, Bloomberg looks at the battles waging against toll roads.
- Kentucky: Toll Fees to replace an ailing bridge to Ohio were blocked by Tea Party legislators
- Congress: FedEx Corp. and McDonald’s Corp are working to keep barriers to toll roads on Interstate highways in tact
- Connecticut: Repub…
14,088 Uber Drivers & 13,587 Taxi Drivers in Same City.
New York City has more Uber drivers than cab drivers.
Truckers v. Conductors: A Transportation Cage Fight
More and more big trucks are on the roads, hauling goods to and fro. Good for the economy. Bad for public safety according to troopers who the New York times labels as unwittingly lobbying for an increase in rail.
Naturally the rail industry wants more rail and the trucking industry wants more and bigger trucks on the road. The rail industry is ginning up support from troopers through a non-profit.