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What does the Texas alternative fuel vehicle landscape look like?
How did the alternative vehicles break down in this year over year increase?
Florida Legislature is moving a high speed rail bill that will:
require HSR rail companies operating trains at speeds in excess of 80 mph to install safety features
require HSR to pay the cost of maintaining rail crossings
require HSR to pay for fencing along sections of its tracks where pedestrians could be at risk
require HSR to help train first responders in the event of an accident involving passenger trains or hazardous materials
2 Repsonses from HSR:
Texas Attorney General Opinion request RQ-0192-KP asks whether Propositions 1 and 2, that prohibited the use of dedicated funds for toll projects, can provide funding for toll road projects.
Update:
Texas Tribune | TxDOT eyeing accounting trick to get around toll road prohibition
TXDOT’s point of view:
City: West Sacramento
The company West Sacremento is partnering with: Via
How ride share will fit into the city’s public transit system:
The city’s policy goals:
A U.K. business has allowed drivers to fight parking tickets from their smart phones, and now that business trend is stateside in Florida.
Here’s the regulatory quagmire:
The fight moved to federal court when The Ticket Clinic sued the Coral Gables tech start up.
The company, TIKD, is expanding nationally.
Oklahoma has instituted a new $200 fine for drivers that drive too slow in the left lane.
The new fine comes with an outreach message of ” Camp at the Lake Not in the Left Lane.”
Supports of the left lane fee say that slow drivers in the left lane is as dangerous as speeding.
Equipment World | Left-lane hogs face fines in Okla. under new law
Alabama in 2016 Began collecting a fee of $1 per $1,000 in project value on nonresidential building permits.
Genesis: The consruction fee was supported and pushed by the Alabama Associated General Contractors.
The funding for construction work skills is distributed by Alabama Construction Industry Craft Training Board.
Equipment World | New fee funds construction worker training in Ala.
Tesla, the city of Barrie, in Canada, and a local chamber of commerce are putting together a chargins station deal for all EV owners.
The details of the EV charging station deal:
Wisconsin legislators announced legislation to permit the direct sales of certain EV vehicles in Wisconsin.
The bill’s tagline: Electric Vehicle Freedom Act.
The press release from legislators:
Representative Brooks and Senator Kapenga Introduce “Electric Vehicle Freedom Act”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Legislation would let Tesla sell directly to buyers in Wisconsin
Maryland has a two step background check for ride share drivers that does not include fingerprinting. Here’s how it works:
This Maryland model is being considered in other states, because Maryland results include: