TPPF doesn’t like Houston’s new regulations on ride sharing. Why? Here’s the list of reasons why:
- expensive for the average consumer
- create additional costs for local taxpayers
- additional background checks and vehicle inspections over and above those already demanded by The Transportation Network Companies [Read: Uber, Lyft et.al.]
- $600,000 cost to taxpayers fro the City to administer the regulations.
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80% of Texas Voters Approved Prop 1 to improve transportation funding. Prop. 1 faired far better than all statewide elected officials did. What candidate wouldn’t love the support of 80% of voters? [Governing] The City of Austin also voted on its own Prop. 1 for transportation. It failed to pass. [
Posted in2013 Legislation, campaign trend, funding, legislative trend, roads
Eagle Ford Shale area hopes some of the $1 Billion in transportation funding will help their roads. Roads and bridges in shale areas experience higher use rates from heavy truck traffic which transports the oil and gas out of the area. [San Antonio Express News] Paying for roads is getting more costly according to the Comptroller. Relying on the Texas 2030 report, Texas 2030 Comm… DC passed new legislation for ride sharing services. It will require: (1) registering with the DC Taxicab Commission (2) covering drivers with $1 million in primary insurance (3) criminal background checks for drivers , and (4) their cars annual inspections. Washington Post points out that local regulations on ride share continuously forego obtianing access to ride share data to strengthen their own transportation systems and provide an understadn… Matt Rinaldi opposes Prop 1. He believes transportation funding should be dedicated revenue from a vehicle sales taxes. Rinaldi, who defeated Bennett Ratliff in the primary, also believes that economic development funding is corporate welfare. In his opinion, economic devleopment is gained through low taxes & limited regulation.
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Bill Hammond writes that underfunding transportation imposes a litany of costs on Texans. These costs are: Wear and tear from driving on deficient roads: $25.1Billion/year. This amounts to $1,740 per year per person in Dallas; $1,850 for Houstonians; $1,780 in San Antonio; and $1,655 in Austin. [McAllen Monitor] TribTalk offers perspectives. Today’s perspective is from State Representative Jeff Leach. The highlights of his persceptive on transportation funding: Texas is moving ahead with privately built high speed rail. The first public meetings began this week to discuss the proposed Dallas-Houston leg. Federal Railroad Administration and TXDOT jointly held the meetings. At issue were: For the list of public meetings:
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Empower Texas opposes a lot of things, including changes to the gas tax. In the penned opposition, note their last paragraph: The biggest advocate for a gasoline tax hike in the state senate is Sen.
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Future Traffic Improvements: 80% of Voters Say Yes.
Will Prop 1 Funding Help Shale Area Roads?
Paying For Pavement
Ride Share legal in DC, What about data from ride sharing?
Rinaldi: Opposes Prop. 1 & Wants a dedicated Vehicle Sales Tax
TAB: The Cost of Underfunding Transportation
Rep. Leach: How to Fund Transportation
Texas High Speed Rail First Public Meetings
Empower Texas Opposes Gas Tax Changes