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Lege Trend. Big Trucks. Bigger Loads. 5 Key Points from the Agreed to Bill

SB 1524 creates this 5 point regulatory scheme:

$6,000 annual fee for permits allowing heavier truck weights for containerized imports and exports, limited to designated corridors within 30 miles of a port
50% of the revenue goes to the state highway funds
30% to counties with the routes
16% to municipalities
4% to the Texas Department of Transportation for administration.

informed:intel April 25, 2017:

SB 1524 allows for heavier loads on big trucks when:

$5000 annual permit is…

Anatomy of a bill. SB 2205. Self Driving Cars.

SB 2205 in the stealth like manner of an electric vehicle is on Saturday’s General State House Calendar. So, let’s take a peak at this legislative trend as it moves in Texas:

SB 2205 will:

allow for no humans in an operating self driving car
it loops in commerical self driving cars- bonjour garden center delivery services
the owner is considered the operator whether or not the owner is in the vehicle
if its operating on a highway it needs:
- insurance
- to comply with federal guidelines
- a…

23 States Ponder Fee on Hybrid of Electric Cars. Gas Tax Revenues Down. Fees Up.

The states that are moving to a fee based transportation funding system:

California fee on electric and hybrid cars
Tennessee fee on electric or hybrid cars
South Carolina fee on electric and hybrid cars
Oregon shifting to a road use fee

States considering a fee on electric, hybrid cars to offset gas tax reductions:

Maine, Alabama, Arizona, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, and Massachusetts

States that increased registration fees on electric or hybrid cars:

Colorado, Georgia…

Lege Trend. Anatomy of a Transportation Funding Deal.

State: Colorado

The 2 competing transportation funding mechanisms:

Senate Bill 267
- creates 20-year bond program, $1.8 billion towards critical infrastructure
Senate Bill 303
- uses existing taxes and a $3.5 billion bond program to pay for roads and highways

The Compromise:

require that at least 25%of the bond funds go toward projects in rural Colorado, with county populations of 50,000 or less
add in $30 million allocated to rural districts over three years.
School funding increase…

Lege Trend: The Idaho Stop for Bicycles Heads toward codification

State: California

What’s an Idaho stop for a bicycle? Its what the rest of the world calls a California stop. A bicylce can roll through a red light, treating the stop or red light as a yield.

Have other states allowed for an Idaho stop? yes, Idaho

What support is there for allowing the roll through stop for bicycles?

bicycle injuries in Idaho declined by 14.5% the year after the law took effect
no evidence of an increase over time
increases bicycle traffic efficiency

California’s Assembly…

5 Issues Tech Companies have with Driverless Car Regulations and Laws

California is revising its driverless car regulations. Read the proposed regulations.

California’s proposed driverless car regulations prompted the following concerns:

elimination of language that holds the driverless car manufacturer liable for any crash its vehicle causes on a public road.
allow paying riders in test cars
rules should also cover the testing of freight trucks
rules should be expanded with protections for proprietary information
remove a requirement that data recorders…

TREND. Data Security Standards for Motor Vehicles. Self Driving Cars. Autonomous Vehicles.

Are there data security regulations on cars? Not so much

Is there any group proposing regulations? Yes, National Institute of Standards and Technology, a nonregulatory agency under the Department of Commerce

The Hill | Cyber official: Feds, companies need better dialogue on security of self-driving cars