Local TREND. Exception to EV Charging Station Building Code Proposal

City: Menlo Park

The Ordinance goal is to standardize:

the type
quality
quantity
of all electric vehicle charging infrastructure
installed in future commercial and residential projects

The up in the air exception to the rules:

Whether the EV charger building requirements apply to Affordable Housing Projects.

The Almanac | Menlo Park council plugs into ordinance to boost EV charging stations

Local TREND. Anatomy of a Local EV Charging Station Building requirements.

City: Menlo Park

The Ordinance goal is to standardize:

the type
quality
quantity
of all electric vehicle charging infrastructure
installed in future commercial and residential projects

What are the practical implications:

15% of the total number of required parking spaces would need to be “pre-wired” EV spaces in commercial buildings
10% of the total number of parking spaces would have to install charging stations in commercial buildings
projects affecting between 10,000 and 25,000…

Regulatory TREND. Fall 2018 Opposition Arguments to Texas High Speed Rail.

Ellis County residents offered the following reasons to oppose Texas Central Rail high speed rail project:

local property taxes will rise because “nearby properties will be taken out of the tax base”
eminent domain a railroad could take a 2 mile on each side swatch of land
destruction of family farms
uncertainty too many unknowns for the comfort level of residents
environmental concerns the train will cut species migration

Waxahachie Daily Light | Ellis County Residents Express new…

Local Trend. Local Dedicated Transportation Funding Tax Source.

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…

Statewide Requirements in Local Scooter Regulations from the Golden State

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

TX Attorney General Opinion Request. County Duty to Maintain Public Roads

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.

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$3 Million. Cost to California Tax Payers Per Day for High Speed Rail.

The California High Speed Rail Project by the Numbers:

$3.1 million per day cost to taxpayers over the last year
2033 deadline
$77-billion budget
$27-million-a-day outlay is questioned by outside infrastructure experts

LA Times | Inflation and delays could add billions more to bullet train project costs.

How a republican Governor Became a YES on a high speed rail plan.

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.