Category Archives: funding

3 Ways the Hoosier State Legislature Is Adding Transportation Revenue. Read the bIll.

Indiana is increasing transportion funding tis year by:

  • 10 cent increase in the gas tax
    • adds an annual indexing through 2024, with a cap at 1 cent per year
  • $150 annual fee on electric cars
  •  $15 transportation infrastructure improvement fee applied to all motor vehicles
    • excepted from the $15 fee are vehicles over 26,000 lbs

Equipement World | Indiana House approves 10-cent gas tax increase, electric vehicle fees

Indiana House Bill 1002 (2017)

TREND: Interstate Tolls. From the Land of Cheese & Federal Prognosticators.

Interstate Tolls  are on the minds of people from Gov. Scott Walker to the crystal ball readers deciphering public private partnerships under President Trump.

What’s the state outlook on interstate tolls? 

  • A Wisconsin state study sais it could raise $14 to $41 billion in revenue. 
  • But, interstate tolls will require $350-$400 million infrastructure investment & federal approval

Iron Moutnain Daily News | Wisconsin transportation study considers interstate tollways

What do people…

Port Infrastructure Fund. Interim Recommendation. What you need to know.

The Select Committee on Ports Interim Report recommends a fund to fund port projects, the key points:

Why a fund?  Texas ports are “responsible for over 30% of the Texas gross domestic product and are integral to the Texas manufacturing and energy miracle that sustained the Texas economy.”

How would the fund work? Provide loans similar to the Texas Mobility Fund 

What’s the fund’s timeline? 2017 should set the parameters. 2019 sets the funding amounts. 

 

State #3 Pay as You Drive Swap for Gas Tax

State #3 to move toward swapping the gas tax for pay as your drive: Colorado

How is Colorado implementing as pay as you? In December Colorado’s Road Usage Charge Pilot Program will begin with 100 volunteers.

What should I know about the pilot program for pay as your drive ?

  • 100 volunteers
  • no money will be paid for the miles
  • it will test the exchange of information of mileage reporting and revenue collection
  • 4 month duration

Governing | Should a Mileage Tax Replace the Gas Tax?…

Dedicated Transportation Funding. Who is For. Who is Against. Up in the Great Lakes.

Before voting for President, voters in Illinois will vote on a constitutional amendment to dedicate transportation funding. 

Let’s look at who has lined up where on the issue:

  • For dedicated transportation funding:
    • construction
    • unions
    • Chamber of Commerce
  • Opposed to dedicated transportation funding:
    • those who support social service funding, e.g.:
      • Heartland Alliance
      • Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
    • tax groups who question the math, e.g.:
      •  The Civic…