Category Archives: funding

3 Ways the State of Ohio Funds Transportation Innovation. Public Private Partnerships.

How are the funds distributed? Partnership between The Ohio State University and Honda R&D Americas

How does it lure in innovation? 

  • Ohio State’s Office of Research hosts pitch day for reasearchers and start ups
  • Seed Funding. $25,000 to each project

Ohio State News | Ohio State gives seed funding to spur transportation innovations 

 

Lege TREND. State Increases Transportation Revenue. Does not Raise Gas. Tax. Where. What. Why.

Where: Wisconsin

What: A transportation funding plan with no gas tax increase

Why: Why tax when you can impsoe fees?

  • increase the annual fee on all-electric vehicles from $75 to $200
  • new $100 surcharge on plug-in hybrid cars
  • Eliminates state funding for future light-rail train lines
  • Bars use of state highway funds for bike lanes
  • Prohibits testing of driverless vehicles in the state
  • New driving fines, like $100 for driving in the LEFT lane with a car behind you

Twin Cities Pioneer Press…

TX Lege. Landgraf 3 points on Transportation.

 

  • “For every $1.00 Texas sends to the federal government’s Highway Trust Fund, we only get $0.95 back to help build our public highways”
    • Texas is the only donor state in the nation
  • Concurrent Resolution 147 by Landgraff talks about this
  • The inequitable forumla from the Feds and Texas rapid growth means the time to fix this is now

Odessa American | Landgraf: Fighting for Texas roads

3 Arguments for EV Paying Mileage Tax. Energy Institute

The academics: The Energy Institute at HAAS School of Business, University of California Berkeley

Their arguments to support pay as your drive programs:

  • The gasoline tax is highly regressive, and EV drivers tend to be disproportionately high income
  • EV environmental damage is not ZERO
  • EV cars still impact roads and impact congestion and traffic

How many states are testing pay as you drive?