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Iowa Department of Motor Vehicles is releasing an app that will function as your driver’s license. No more getting ticketed for not having your driver’s license with you, unless your phone battery is drained.
State officials assure that the app and driver’s license will be secure from data security breeches. [
Raising the gas tax. Indexing the gas tax. Multiple states are wrangling with it.
Highlights from Maine:
A new report compares the “ueser pay” transportation funding streams of the US, UK, Germany, Canada, Australia and Japan. The US has the lowest national gas tax rate of the countries examined.
Taxi service in Nevada is regulated on at the state level. When Uber began operating in Nevada, the Attorney General filed 3 suits in Reno, Las Vegas, and Carson City respectively. How do we say forum shopping in Gaelic?
The Nevada Supreme Court stepped in and decided that the proper forum was Reno. The limos and taxis don’t want their business reduced, because competition is bad, and there are questions about how the state regulators acted. [
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New Jersey needs more funding for transportation. Its a common refrain. New Jersey has the nation’s 2nd lowest gas tax at 10.5 cents. New Jersey has a Transportation Trust Fund, but the funds go to pay transportation bond debt. Sounding familiar? To fill transportation funding gaps, NJ raised its toll prices. It’s not enough. The head of the Assembly’s Transportation Committee wants to increase the wholesale gas price. The cost to people in NJ will be about 80cent… Nevada is a quirky state where the federal government owns most the land, and there is an extraterrestrial highway. Make sure you fill up before you start the drive, because gas stations are few and far between. Roadside shops are fileld with plenty of alien costumes. A quirky legal battle is brewing in Nevada over state regulations for car services, like Uber and Lyft. 3 different lawsuits were filed by the Attorney General. Judges are fighting over: “American Road & Transportation Builders Association, a trade group, voters approved two-thirds of the transportation-related initiatives on the ballot Tuesday.” Pundits say that as federal funding stalls, there is more of an impetus for state and local transportation funding measures. [Ft. Worth Star Telegram] 80% of Texas Voters Approved Prop 1 to improve transportation funding. Prop. 1 faired far better than all statewide elected officials did. What candidate wouldn’t love the support of 80% of voters? [Governing] The City of Austin also voted on its own Prop. 1 for transportation. It failed to pass. [
Posted in2013 Legislation, campaign trend, funding, legislative trend, roads
DC passed new legislation for ride sharing services. It will require: (1) registering with the DC Taxicab Commission (2) covering drivers with $1 million in primary insurance (3) criminal background checks for drivers , and (4) their cars annual inspections. Washington Post points out that local regulations on ride share continuously forego obtianing access to ride share data to strengthen their own transportation systems and provide an understadn… Bill Hammond writes that underfunding transportation imposes a litany of costs on Texans. These costs are: Wear and tear from driving on deficient roads: $25.1Billion/year. This amounts to $1,740 per year per person in Dallas; $1,850 for Houstonians; $1,780 in San Antonio; and $1,655 in Austin. [McAllen Monitor] Gas Tax is Complicated When Governor Eyes Presidency
3 Uber Lawsuits Get Complicated in Nevada
2/3 of Road Funding Initiatives Passed on Election Day
Future Traffic Improvements: 80% of Voters Say Yes.
Ride Share legal in DC, What about data from ride sharing?
TAB: The Cost of Underfunding Transportation