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Campaign TREND. Propose Ride Share Fees to Fund Transportation. Who.What.Where.How.

Who: State Senate candidate Ryan O’Donnell

Where: New Hampshire (inspired by a 67 cent fee on ride share in Chicago)

What: A 30-50 cent fee on all ride share rides

How: The ride share fee would fund regional transit authorities for public transportation

Daily Hampshire Gazette | O’Donnell: Help public transportation with fee on ride-hailing companies

TAX TREND. Tax Bikes and Public Transit for Roads. Where. What. How. The Legislation to Copy.

WHERE: Republican Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee

WHAT: Revenue source to raise revenue for highway construction

HOW: By imposing taxes/fees on:

fuel taxes paid by transit agencies
10% tax on adult bicycle tires
10% tax on electric batteries for cars and bikes

THE LEGISLATION DRAFT

Transportation & Infrastructure Committee | Shuster Releases Plan to Transform America’s Infrastructure

StreetsBlogUSA | House GOP Transportation Bill Would Raise Taxes on Transit and Bikes

Anatomy of a Transportation Proposal. 2:1 Defeat in a Fast Growing City.

The transportation proposal:

ambitious $5.4 billion transit expansion

The vote: 36% : 64%

Are there extenuating circumstances?

City & County government is consolidated
Most population lives outside the city proper
The proposal was promoted by the mayor who resigned in March

Transportation Proposal supporters:

the mayor
chamber of commerce
Nashville Predators hockey team

What do opponetns say?

No public input after the plan was formed
transportation policy should be incremental not…

Business TREND. Technology to Track Public School Buses. Parental Safety. Where. What. How.

Where: Marietta, Georgia

The technology: An app that allows parents to track school buses

The messaging to parents:

The App will “look and operate much like ride sharing apps for Uber and Lyft.”
The App will have privacy and security features to protect students
The App can ” also be used to track real-time progress on student field trips”

WSB TV 2 | Parents will soon be able to use Uber-like tech to track school buses.

Connecting a State's Large Cities Roads Trains and Planes. Anatomy of the Bill in the Cherokee Rose State

Georgia is considering HB 134 (2018) that will:

Allows voters in 13 metro counties to vote on a 1-cent sales tax
Allocates $100 million to expand transit
Create the Atlanta-region Transit Link with a 16 member board that will:
- Serve the needs of hardworking Georgians
- Respond to the demands of our employers and workforce
- Reduce traffic congestion

13WMAZ | What does Georgia’s new transportation bill mean for you?

Local TREND. Infrastructure Impact Fees. What? How? Who is paying the fee?

Where: San Francisco Board of Supervisors

What’s an infrastructure impact fee? a fee to to ameliorate the impacts of ride share

What 5 impacts do ride share have on local government?

reduced pulic transportation revenue
increased traffic congestion
increased traffic safety issues from collisions
increased traffic safety issues for pedestrian safety
increased road wear and tear

What entities are a proposed infrastructure impact fee to be levied against? Ride Share

San Francisco Examiner…

Funding State Transportation Projects via Ride Share Tax. Deep in the Old South.

The State: Virginia

The ride share tax: extending state and regional sales taxes to ride services

The ride share tax revenues will be dedicated to:

“$21 million a year for mass transit systems across Virginia, replacing the use of state-backed bonds to pay for new buses”
$154 million a year for the ailing Washington-area Metro system
” one-time bond payment of $50 million as Virginia’s share of a $150 million pledge with Maryland and Washington to collect an equal share of federal funding…