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Business Trend. Company Sponsors State Department of Transportation Road Side Assistance Program

State: Connecticut

Company: State Farm

What does the partnership entail?

Renaming the agency’s Connecticut Highway Assistance Motorist Patrol (CHAMP) to the CTDOT State Farm Safety Patrol

Is this new for State Farm? No, it has Partnerships in 15 other states, including:Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania

Benefit to the state: State can continue providing the same…

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. Heavier Loads on Trucks. 5 Reasons Industry Supports it.

SB 1524 allows for heavier loads on big trucks when:

$5000 annual permit is purchased
traveling on a dwsignated corridor
within 30 miles of a port of entry/border

Supporters say:

anticipated 500,000 TEU increase in annual containerized exports of plastic resin
$100 Billion in new or expanded plant capacity along Texas coast
the rise in plastic resin is due to cheap natural gas feedstock
American Chemistry COuncil warned that without allowing for larger loads would harm the economic…

Gas Tax or Roads? Cheese Head Republican Infighting. Transportation Funding.

State: Wisconsin

What are the 2 Republican Factions? Gov. Scott Walker v.s Legislative leadership

What does Gov. Walker transportation funding plan look like? Delay or cancel road work

What do legislative leaders want? To consider increased fees or taxes to cover the cost of necessary road work.

Wisconsin Public Radio | GOP Lawmakers Ditch Walker’s Transportation Funding Plan, Will Start From Scratch

Business Trend. Self Driving Big Trucks with Zero Emissions.

Company: Einride, a Swedish start up

The product: ‘T-Pod’ , an electric vehicle with self-driving capabilities that can carry 15 pallets of goods 124 miles while producing zero emissions.

What would be th eimpact to roads? T Pod total weight of 20 tons when loaded down fully with cargo, which is smaller than most transport trucks

Tech Crunch | Einride’s electric self-driving T-pod is a new kind of freight transport vehicle

Local TREND. Solve Transportation via Tech.

Examples of cities solving transportation woes with tech:

France’s cities are using smart trains
Los Angeles is using smart meters
Toronto is also turning to Internet of Things (IoT) technology to ease its traffic congestion
New Delhi is partnering with Google India’s transit unit to “provide free train schedule and route information to commuters through mobile devices with Google Maps

State Tech | Cities Abroad Turn to IoT to Solve Transit Troubles