New York City council members are proposing a new ride share regulation. They want to cap the number of ride share vehicles for roughly a year to study how their rapidly swelling numbers are affecting congestion and the environment.
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Transportation Special Session Brings Ride-Share Bills
California Legislature is in special session for transportation related issues. In this mix, is a new ride share bill that would exempt drivers for services such as Uber, Lyft and Sidecar from having to register their personal cars as commercial vehicles.
The bill is in repsonse to regulatory action by California DMV that suggested every ride share vehicle (a vehicle transporting paying customers) needs commercial license plates.
6 Republican Governors Broke No New tax Pledge for Transportation
With federal transportation funding overhauled stalled, many states this year raised taxes for transportation including:
- Georgia (Republican Gov.)
- Idaho (Republican Gov.)
- Iowa (Republican Gov.)
- Kentucky
- Nebraska
- North Carolina (Republican Gov.)
- South Dakota (Republican Gov.)
- Utah (Republican Gov.)
What coalitions supported these tax increases? The peope trying to get to work.
- business community
- the transportation industry
- ordinary taxpayers
- + a report on unsafe…
Self Driving Cars Come to Texas No Government Approval Necessary
After self-driving car regulations failed to pass during the regular legislative session, Google brings self-driving cars to Austin.
No legislation, means no permission necessary for self-driving cars. Google’s cars will have 2 back up human drivers in them at all times and weill be seen in and around Austin.
Ellington Airport Moving Air Travel to Space Travel
Houston’s Ellington Field will be converted to the 10th spacecraft launch site in the country.
“The city of Houston has been approved by the FAA to build and operate a licensed, commercial spaceport. So let’s celebrate that,” said Houston Mayor Annise Parker.”
Funding Trend: $16 Billion for 16 years
Washington State is moving toward a permanent gas tax bump of 11.9 cents per gallon.
Lege Trend: No Tax Transportation Plan. 6 Funding Sources. 5 Policy Priorities.
California is facing a special legislative session on transportation. Republians have a plan to fix transportation funding without taxes by touting these principles:
- Reform existing laws to get transportation projects moving quickly and at lower costs
- eliminating redundancies
- cutting through red tape
- making a formal commitment to prioritize transportation
- without taking any money away from education or the Rainy Day Fund.
And, by using these funding sources for $6 billion in existing…
Lege Trend: New Insurance Requirements for RideShare Go Live in Cali
Back in yesteryear, 2014, California Legislature passed AB 2293. It requires minimum liability insurance requirements of $200,000 for ride share.
AB2293 marks California first legislative attempt at successfully regulating ride-share.
6 States Raised the Gas Tax
In 2015, so far 6 states have raised the gas tax:
- Idaho
- Georgia
- Maryland
- Rhode Island
- Nebraska
- Vermont
One state lowered the gas tax:
- California lowered the gas tax by 6 cents.
Trend: Increase Funding By Raising Fees
Delaware Governor signed increased transportation funding that will generate $24M/year by increasing fees that haven’t been raised since 1990. last year, Delaware raised toll fees to generate $10M/year.