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City looking to impose a utility tax: Memphis
What utilities would the tax apply to? Memphis Light, Gas and Water bills and would operate like a stormwater tax
What would the tax be? range from $4.75 to $15
What is the projected local revenue? $30 million in revenue each year
Transportation projects to be funded? offset the costs of road projects and create a dedicated source of funding for Memphis Area Transit Authority
Memphis Flyer | City Council Looks to Implement Transportation…
California Legislature is considering AB1184 (2018 | CA).
AB 1184 is touted as the Transportation Assistance Funding Act and intended to increase rebates for EVs and hybrids but was amended to:
California Legislature sent the Governor a bill that would prohibit local ordinance from requiring that adults wear helmets when they rise scooters, like Bird scooters. AB 2989 (2018 | CA)
Sacramento Bee | Jerry Brown to decide if adult scooter riders feel the breeze in their hair
Requestor: Bosque County Judge
Question to answer: is the Commissioners’ Court required to maintain this road, a public, third class road?
What’s happening in Bosque County? A public road, the ownership of which has been litigated, has a gate across it thanks to a landowner. The commissioners court has been asked to remove the gate to allow public access.
The California High Speed Rail Project by the Numbers:
LA Times | Inflation and delays could add billions more to bullet train project costs.
A High Speed Rail plan in Florida now contains a financial investment by Florida’s Govenror Rick Scott.
What’s the background? in 2011, Gov. Rick Scott cancelled a high speed rail plan that included a $2.4 billion federally funded and shovel-ready bullet train from Orlando to Tampa
Now in 2018, after his investment, Governor Scott supports the high speed rail.
Miami Herald | Rick Scott killed a high-speed rail plan. Then All Aboard rolled up and he bought it.
What group is the brainchild of the Toll Payer Protection Act? Texans for Traffic Relief
What does the proposed Act do?
A proposal in San Francisco would consider this when granting scooter licenses:
an applicant’s “past experience, including compliance with applicable laws and its efforts to ensure compliance by its users with applicable laws.”
SF Chronicle | Scooter wars: SF may penalize Lyft, Uber for ride-hail misdeeds
Study: AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
The numbers for the average urban driver:
What are annual ride hailing costs across major metro areas?
Atlanta$17,741
Nashville$26,397
Austin$19,821
New York $21,279
Baltimore$19,917
Philadelphia$23,201
Boston$27,545
Phoenix$17,436
Chicago$22,020
Pittsburgh$18,940
Cleveland$20,091
Salt Lake City$18,86…
Michigan is considering dedicating revenue from a new internet sales tax to transportation funding.
What’s the revenue estimate? $200 million
Who else supports this use of the internet sales tax?
Iosco County News Herald | Michigan considers using internet sales tax revenue for road funding