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Local TREND. Paying Ride Share Costs to Mass Transit

Where: Boise, Idaho

How much is Boise willing to pay mass transit riders to use ride share to get to mss transit?

  • up to $6 of the ride’s cost

Are there limitations? Yes, the ride share ride must be within 2miles of certain mass transit stops

Other cities getting on board? yes, Minneapolis & Seattle

​Idaho Statesman | Boise wants you to ride public transit so badly, it’ll pay for your Lyft to a bus stop

 

Lege Trend. Anatomy of Direct Sales Auto Bill in the East. + Response from Auto Dealers that would make Emily Post Flinch

Connecticut Legislature is again considering H5285 (CT | 2019) to allow direct sales of automobiles by Tesla.

Connecticut is 1 of 16 states taht do not permit direct sales.

The response from autodealer association:

  • Tesla is laying off employees
  • Tesla is having problems with producing its $35,000 auto

Tesla’s message:

  • Tesla does not want any tax break
  • Tesla wants no handouts
  • Tesla wants to invest in stores and in job

Hartford Business | New governor and legislature, same Tesla bill

Local TREND. Lege TREND. Anatomy of a Scooter Deal. What happens when start ups play nice?

How did this start? Portland started a 4 month pilot program with scooter companies that involved data sharing. The report from the pilot program.

What did the data sharing report show?

  • short car trips replaced in 34% of scooter use
  • fewer accidents
  • reduce congestion
  • reduce pollution

What takeawy did Portland have? “It is better to ask permission and work with local regulators than risk being run out of a community.”

Are there examples of what happened when scooter companies didn’t ask for…

Regulatory TREND. Anatomy of a Newly Approved EV Program.

As part of a $58 million rate increase by a Sonsumers Energy, Michigan Public Service Commission approved Consumers Energy’s PowerMiDrive EV.

The EV initiative will:

  •  $10 million
  • 3 year plan to incentivize the deployment of EV chargers
  • Focused on EV chargers at homes, apartments, schools, workplaces and other public charging sites
  • Chargers will also be deployed at highway locations
  • includes 2 off peak plans:
    • low off-peak electricity rates between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.
    • super off-peak period…

Lege TREND. Port Recommendations. Texas Interim Reports. 2019 Legislature. Speed Read.

House Committee on Transportation makes the following recommendations on ports:

  • Funding Ship Channel Improvement Revolving Fund should be funded
  • Underground Facility Notification. Railroad Commission, the General Land Office and the Port Authority Advisory Committee should work with stakeholders and the appropriate federal agencies to make a recommendation to the legislature regarding the inclusion of underwater infrastructure in the Texas Underground Facility Notification
  • Funding for roads…

Lege TREND. Transportation Interim Charge Recommendations. 2019 Texas Legislature. Speed Read.

House Committee on Transportation recommends:

  • TXDOT cooperation with local governments durin emergencies for evacuation routes, signage, and emergency management information systems
  • comprehensive development agreements for projects which are not included in TxDOT’s Uniform Transportation Program should be OK if local governing bodies approve them
  • If local governmental bodies have approved toll roads they should be able to have toll roads
  • Increase to 6, from 3, the number of design-build…