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TribTalk offers perspectives. Today’s perspective is from State Representative Jeff Leach. The highlights of his persceptive on transportation funding:
Empower Texas opposes a lot of things, including changes to the gas tax. In the penned opposition, note their last paragraph:
The biggest advocate for a gasoline tax hike in the state senate is Sen.
Posted incampaign trend, funding, legislative trend, roads
Proposition 1 on the November ballot would provide an additional $1 Billion to transportation funding. TXDOT estimates that the state under funds transportation by at least $5 Billion per year or $10 Billion each time the Legislature meets. Organizations are lining up to support Proposition 1 including Texas Good Roads and Transportation Advocates of Texas.
Posted in2013 Legislation, funding, legislative trend, roads
San Francisco’s Prop A on November’s ballot has the primary goal to reduce the number of cars and car lanes. San Francisco is willing to spend $500 million, in its tiny 9 mile by 9 mile area, to add bike lanes, improve CalTrain down the peninsula, update traffic signals to move buses more expeditiously, and improve pedistrian paths. [SFGate and SF Chronicle] Ride sharing is now regulated by Austin City Council. Taxi companies are not pleased. Refreshing our recollection, the District Attorneys in Los Angeles and San Francisco recently sent ride share companies a list of concerns about the legality of ride sharing. The legislative and regulatory issues are plenty- properly licensing drivers, background checks for drivers, tort liability issues for injured riders, and the kicker- how to tax ride sharing.
Posted inlegislative trend, local, ride share
High Speed Rail is moving forward in California. The California Supreme Court this week cleared the path for high speed rail after challengers attempted to block the bullet train. The $68 billion dollar bullet train is moving forward. [WSJ]
Posted inlegislative trend, railways
Super Tuesday sounds like a primary day. For North Texas Super Tuesday is today, October 14th. Texas TURF will ake a public stand on its opposition to the Texas Turnpike Corp.’s Northeast Gateway. Six city council’s along the toll road’s path have passed resolutions opposing the toll road. [KETR] The controversial Northeast Gateway, a new toll road project in North Texas, spearheaded by the Texas Turnpike Corporation, is facing a reversal of fortune. The North Central Texas Council of Governments may reverse its support for the project. The project that has been greeted by over flowing crowds overwhelmingly opposed to the new toll road. Toll roads, especially toll roads by private companies, are not en vogue in 2014 Texas.
Posted ineminent domain, legislative trend, roads, tollroad
Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Addkisson supports indexing the gas tax. He points to the Governor’s Business Council which said that a 10 cent per gallon increase could make up the $60-90 Billion deficit in Texas transportation funding. He goes on to say that local governments are contributing millions in upfront funding to cover TXDOT transportation projects. [My SA]<... Texas recevied $48.6 billion in federal funds for fiscal year 2013. Texas complied with federal rules when it spent the $2.6 billion in funds from the federal highway planning cluster programs audited. [SAO] 3.5Billion More Funding Necessary after Proposition 1
A Proposition to Remove Cars from the Road?
Austin City Council OKs Ride Sharing
CA Supreme Court OKs High Speed Rail
Toll Road Opponents Hosting Super Tuesday
Toll Road Reversal?
Bexar Co. commissioner Supports Gas Tax
Refresher: SAO Report on Federal Highway Planning