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State: Colorado
The transportation funding gap:
The proposed funding mechanism: Asking for voter approval for a sales tax to fund $3.5 billion for transportation bond funding via an increase of 0.62%
The activists: Americans for Prosperity
The activist target: 4 Republican legislators
The Response from the Denver Editorial Board: Sen. Kevin Grantham is a statesman for standing up for Colorado transportation
Colorado Statesman | Americans for Prosperity targets four GOP senators over…
Austin American Statesman | Legislation would cut TxDOT funding by more than $2 billion
Waco Tribune | House proposal could claw back billions for Texas road work
Massachusetts is using technology to fix potholes: MassDOT Potholes Dashboard
Can the public participate? Yes
Benefits of the public input technology:
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What is an Idaho stop & does it have anything to do with potatoes or mountains? No potatoes. No mountains. An Idaho stop allows a bicyclist to treat a stop sign as a yield and a red light like a stop sign.
Which state is considering allowing cyclists to have their own interpretation of stop signs and red lights? Colorado
The Denver Post | Should legislature let Colorado cyclists use discretion at stop signs? (3 letters)
The State: North Carolina Legislature is considering HB 10 which would extend the authority of eminent domain by allowing it to connect customers.
The bill’s language: “Connection of Customers. – For the public use, private condemnors, local public condemnors, and other public condemnors in subsections (a), (b), (b1), and (c) of this section shall possess the power of eminent domain and may acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation any property for the connection of any customer or…
The data trove: Movement, “a website that uses Uber’s data to help urban planners make informed decisions about our cities.”
3 Ways D.C. is using the data:
Governing | Uber Starts Sharing Its Traffic Data With Cities
WIRED | Uber’s Mildly Helpful Data Tool Could Help Cities Fix Streets
Interstate Tolls are on the minds of people from Gov. Scott Walker to the crystal ball readers deciphering public private partnerships under President Trump.
What’s the state outlook on interstate tolls?
Iron Moutnain Daily News | Wisconsin transportation study considers interstate tollways
What do people…
What is a smart road? A road rired with fiber optic cable, cameras and conencted devices
What are the goals of smart roads?
Where are we seeing smart roads?
Funds above the Rainy Day (ESF) Fund cap of $7.5 billion move to transportation funding.
Ft. Worth Star Telegram editorial lays out 3 reasons speed limits should be controlled locally and not by Austin lawmakers: