Lege TREND. Gas Tax for School Transportation. 3 Key Points. Read the Bill.

The State: Kentucky

The gas tax proposal, House Bill 211:

  • 3 cents
  • rebranded from “gas tax” increase to “school transportation funding fee”
  • the new funds will be specifically dedicated to school transportation

The revenue estimates from a 3 cent school transporation fee in Kentucky:

  • $90 million in new revenue
  • $30 million to be used for bonds for new buses
  • the remaining $60 million will go to the state’s share of school transportation funding

News-Enterprise | Lexington official proposes…

#1 Reason West Coast High Speed Rail Constructions Costs Up Billions, Again.

California is building a high speed rail to connect the relaxed free thinkers of Northern Californians to the botoxed, bleached and bronzed support system in Southern California. 

Costs for the high speed rail construction have increased multiple times, the lastest in January 2018.

High speed rail costs have cliumbed 35% for construction phase #1, due to:

  • Signing construction contracts prior to securing right of way lands

The California High Speed Rial project will submit a “business…

TRENDING. Ride Share vs. Traffic Laws like Car Seats. 3 potential fixes:

Car seat laws, like Arizon’a usually require children younger than 8 years old or less than 4 feet 9 inches tall to sit in a proper child safety seat.

So, you get into a ride share with a child that requires a safety seat, but you don’t bring a safety seat- what’s the law?

  • clear statutory responsiblity in ride share statutes or ordinances 
  • ride share platforms can include car seat options
  • requirements that divers cancel/refuse riders when there is no child safety seat

ABC 15 Arizona | No…

2 Regulatory Challenges of Connected Cars from a CFO

The CFO: Hertz CFO 

The regulatory challenges of connected cars:

  • Who owns the information conencted cars gather?
    • The Manufacturer? The OEM?
    • The tech company?
    • The vehicle owner?
    • the transportation agencies that want to communicate with the conencted cars?
  • How long does ownership of the information continue? 
    • The life of the car?
    • Do manufacturers want to be in change of the information for the life of the car?
    • Do tech companies want to be incharge of the information for the life…

Regulatory TREND. 3 Study Results. Colorado Pay As You Drive vs. Gas Tax

Colorado Department of Transportation released the results of a pay as you drive pilot study & here’s the results:

  • There will be credit for any payment of the gas tax
  • Participants reported that the pay as you drive system is fair
  • CDOT remains unsure about the future of the pay as you drive program

The parameters for the pilot:

  • 4 months
  • Participants from 27 Colorado counties
  • Participants reported how much they drove by:
    • using GPS tracker
    • photographing their odometer
    • other technology…

Legal Trend. Disclosing Ride Share Data at Airports. Appellate Court Says Yes. 2 Reasons Why.

A Florida appeals court ruled that information collected by the County for ride share companies operating at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is subject to open records.

How did we get here? Taxi companies requested  the ride share data from the county under open records laws. The county said the data isn’t subject to open reocords. The taxi companies sued. The lower court said aggregate number of pickups and the fees paid were not trade secrets.

2 Reasons the appellate…

5 Benefits of Texas Central Rail.

The chairman of the board of Texas Central Partners lists 5 reasons Texans should be excited about high speed rail:

  • it’ll set Texas apart
  • it’ll be the largest privately funded project in the nation
  • It won’t be disruptive, the noise is a “swish” from the electric train
  • it won’t have any crossings, because of the speed, the train will be elevated 25-35 feet
  • jobs. there will be 10,000 jobs for 5-6 years

KWTX | Temple: McLane says high speed rail is something to get excited about

4 Reasons a High Speed Rail Study Was Shut Down in the Midwest.

Where: Minnesota

The reasons that the Minnesota Department of Transportation was stopped from completing a high sped rail study:

  • Republicans denied the study federal funds for completion
  • Republicans said the study was a waste of taxpayer dollars
  • Republicans say Minnesotoans opposes high speed rail
  • A Republican said its not an economically viable project

Governing | High-Speed Rail Study Shut Down in the Midwest

Lege Trend. Direct Sales Bill Draft in the Empire State.

State Legislature looking to expand electric vehicle manufacturer sales: New York

What does the 2018 bill look like?

  • Limits current manufacturer sales of EV vehicles to 20 locations in New York
    • Requiring geographically diverse locations in upstate New York
  • Requires that the manufacturer-seller also have repair services
  • Applies only to manufacturers that were licensed to sell in March 2014

What’s current law on electric vehcile manufacturer sales in NY? 5 Tesla sales locations are…