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Cities & States Can Require Local Workers for Federally Funded Transportation Projects

US DOT is allowing cities and states to require that local workers are utilized on transportation projects which receive federal funding. 

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the beginning of the pilot program this week. The one-year pilot program only applies to transportation funding received from the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration.

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Uber Update: New Ride Share Regulations on the Agenda for San Antonio

After passing restrictive local regulations that could cease Uber, Lyft, and ride share operations. San Antonio is proposing revisions that, if approved Thursday, would:

  • strip away insurance requirements
    • no longer require excess coverage of $2000,000 when the driver has no rider 
    • maintains commercial liability coverage at $1 million when there is a rider in the car
    • no longer requires an additional $1 million in coverage for uninsured or underinsu…

AG Opinion: 6 Things to Know about Transportation Reinvestment Zones

Attorney General Opinion, KP-004, tells us without a constitutional amendment, a county probably cannot:

  • Create a County Energy Transportation Reinvestment Zone
  • Create a County Transportation Reinvestment Zone
  • Create a County Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone

The AG rational is that:

  • Article VIII, Section 1(a) doesn’t permit counties to c…

Poll: 2/3 of Texans Support Increased Transportation Funding

The results of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s Transportation Policy Research Center transportation poll:

  • Nearly 2/3 support increased funding for transportation statewide.
  • A majority also support increased funding for public transportation.
  • “Of the options offered, respondents favored dedicating the motor vehicle sales tax to transportation needs; they least supported raising the vehicle registration fee from $65 to $115.”
  • From a lis…