- In 2008, voters approved $10 billion in bonds
- On March 3, 2017 the California Finance Department approved the sale of bonds to spend $2.6 billion on rail work in the Central Valley.
El Paso Inc | California high-speed rail ready to lay some track
Monthly Archives: March 2017
Millennials on State Wide Ride Share Laws. 5 Points to be Informed.
A millennial writing in the Daily Texan has this to say about SB 113, statewide ride share laws:
- takes away power from the city government
- overturns existing city regulations
- overturns “common-sensical safety regulations”
- this is about helping the big companies at the expense of small ride share companies
- “favor degradingly lower cuts” for ride share drivers
Daily Texan | SB 113 ignores public to make way for Uber and Lyft
+1 Red State Lege Proposing Gas Tax
State: Montana
Legislative proposal to increase the gas tax by: 8 cents
Last time Montana increased the gas tax? 23 years ago
The pitch: Out of state drivers would pay between 25 and 40% of the new gas tax revenue
Equipment World | Montana lawmaker introduces bill for 8-cent gas tax increase
Local Trend. Alcohol Related Accidents Decline from Ride Share. + Read the related Bill
City: Jacksonville, FL
The decline in crash and arrest statistics noticeable decrease in alcohol crimes:
- DWI arrests decined by 25%
- Alcohol related crashes declined by 14%
Are there other reasons for the decline? Maybe. There’s no way to determine what is the cause of the decline nor is there a way to determine that ride share didn’t cause the decline.
Touted in the Jacksonville, FL article: Florida’s SB 340 establishing a statewide regulatory structure for ride share
Compare. Contrast. Economic Numbers of High Speed Rail vs. Neiman Marcus.
Neiman Marcus
- private investment: $5 million
- new jobs based on the $5 million investment: 0
- requested tax rebates: $1 million
Dallas to Houston High Speed Rail
- private investment: $12 billion
- new jobs: 10,000 jobs during construction & 750 during operation
- requested tax rebates: $0
- tax revenue contributed by 2040: $3 billion