Category Archives: funding

2 Reasons Transportation Funding Failed in the Mount Laurel State

Colorado voters rejected by more than 20 points each 2 transportation funding mechanisms this November:

  • increased funding through a sales tax increase backed by Denver Chamber of Commerce 
  • $3.5 billion bond package paid through existing tax revenue and backed by a libertarian think tank

2 transportaiotn funding options that could get more Colorado support:

  • more specific funding proposals
  • encouraging regional solutions to provide matching funds

 

Thr Journal | Colorado transportation…

+1 Red/Purple State Voters Defeat Gas Tax. 4 legislative options to fix it.

Missouri voters defeated a gas tax increase 54:46. The gas tax under this proposal would have increased gradually for a total 10 cent increase.

The gas tax increase had bipartisan ledership support in Missouri.

Options on the table for legislators to increase transportation funding in Missouri:

  •  increasing various license and registration fees for Department of Transportation
  • a gas tax increase of 2 cents that would not require voter approval
  • dedicating  online sales tax revenue to…

Refreshing our Recollection | READ THE DRAFT BILL | Road Funding through a bus & bike tax

TAX TREND. Tax Bikes and Public Transit for Roads. Where. What. How. The Legislation to Copy.

 

WHERE:  Republican Chair of the U.S. Senate Transportation Committee

WHAT: Revenue source to  raise revenue for highway construction

HOW: By imposing taxes/fees on:

  • fuel taxes paid by transit agencies
  • 10% tax on adult bicycle tires
  • 10% tax on electric batteries for cars and bikes

THE LEGISLATION DRAFT

Transportation & Infrastructure Committee | Shuster Releases Plan to Transform America’s…

Lege TREND. Disguising a Gas Tax Bill for Transportation in a School Finance Deal. Here's How:

Where:  Utah

The legislative compromise: The Utah Legislature and Supports of Increasing School Funding made a deal that would:

  • put a 10cent gas tax question to the voters and then require legislative implementation after the vote
  •  the Legislature in exchange:
    • froze the state basic property tax rate for 5 years
    • created a new tax rate for the weighted pupil unit thereby creating a $292 million increase in education funding.
    • if the gas tax is approved, funds would be divded like this:
      • 70…

Lege TREND. Local Voters Approval for Ride Share Taxes? 4 Opposition Arguments.

Voters in San Francisco in November 2019 can vote wehter to approve a 3,25% tax onn ride share. Thanks to AB 1184 ( 2018 | CA) .

The Heartland Institute offers reasons to oppose a ride sahre tax:

  • San Francisco cost of living is already high enough
  • Termites. “Taxes such as this one are like termites: They eat at the foundation of the community,”
  • Taxes drivers. Drivers may get stuck paying the tax
  • self-sabotaging regulation

Heartland Institute | SAN FRANCISCO VOTERS TO CONSIDER TAXING UBER

Texas Bond Elections on Transportation in November

  • Arlington $137,835,000 for street improvements
  • Austin $160,000,000 for transportation
  • Cibolo $4,750,000 for projects including road repair
  • Collin Co. $750,000,000 for roads and parks
  • Corpus Christi $52,000,000 for street improvements
  • Corpus Christi $22,000,000 for new roads
  • Duncanville $6,600,000 for street improvements
  • Edinurg $30,000,000 for roads and drainage
  • Hutto $70,000,000 for roads and drainage
  • Longview $27,090,000 for street improvements
  • Pflugerville $21,100,000 for…

Campaign TREND. Texas Talk. Dedicating Severance Tax to the Permian Basin. 4 Key Points to the plan.

State Representative Landgraf proposes a change to transportation funding to help rural west Texas that includes:

  • Let oil producing areas retain a small percentage of severance taxes
    • The Rainy Day Fund has $11 Billion balance
    • $7-$8 billion is the standard for emergencies
  • Dedicate the severance tax revenue “to the region where it’s generated”
  • The dedicated revenue would pay for: 
    • adequate infrastructure
    • first responders
  • “save lives and allow commerce to travel more freely”

 

Odessa…

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…