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A State & Local Transportation Policy that bolster Ride Share Profit.

congestion pricing- user fee to roads in high-traffic urban centers
- “surcharges on single-occupancy driving could encourage the use of less-expensive carpool offerings”

Cities that implement it: Stockholm, London Singapore

Cities considering it: New York City

City lab | The Policy That Will Make the Uber/Lyft IPO Pay Off

Economic Reasons to Retain EV Tax Credits

EV tax credit helps the environment and the economy
EV tax credit caps shouldbe adjusted to account for consumer choice
EV tax credit ecourages EV purchases nationwide

Utility Dive | White House proposal to end EV tax credit comes under fire

+1 State Adopts Gas Tax Increase. 3 Pieces of Informed Intel

California voters approved a legislative increase in fuel taxes and vehicle fees by rejecting a rollback of those revenue sources in Propsoition 6.

55% of voters approved the increased taxes and fees.

The 3 reasons attributed to the win? (see the reasons Missouri failed, ying and yang):

clearly detailing how the levies would be spent to fix deteriorating roads
fix bridges
improve mass transit

A clear detailed plan won.

LA Times | California voter approval of gas tax increase gives hope…

+1 Red/Purple State Voters Defeat Gas Tax. 4 legislative options to fix it.

Missouri voters defeated a gas tax increase 54:46. The gas tax under this proposal would have increased gradually for a total 10 cent increase.

The gas tax increase had bipartisan ledership support in Missouri.

Options on the table for legislators to increase transportation funding in Missouri:

increasing various license and registration fees for Department of Transportation
a gas tax increase of 2 cents that would not require voter approval
dedicating online sales tax revenue to…

Refreshing our Recollection | READ THE BILL | Flip an EV rebate bill to an AV tax bill

How an EV rebate bill became an autonomous vehicle tax bill with this language:

California Legislature is considering AB1184 (2018 | CA).

AB 1184 is touted as the Transportation Assistance Funding Act and intended to increase rebates for EVs and hybrids but was amended to:

include an autonomous vehicles riding tax for San Francisco City & County
1 1/2% of net rider fares for riders who agree to share their ride sahre
1 3/4 % for riders who do not agree to sharing
the tax revenue is…

EV Fleets. What does research say about them helping with EV numbers?

According to new data analytic rubic by National Association of State Energy Officials and Cadmus, government fleet incentives are the least helpfulw ith EV policies because:

no evidence demonstrates that it improves EV adoption
fleets are usually too small to make an impact by visibility

Utility Dive | New tool helps states identify EV policies that work, and those that don’t

Lege TREND. Disguising a Gas Tax Bill for Transportation in a School Finance Deal. Here's How:

Where: Utah

The legislative compromise: The Utah Legislature and Supports of Increasing School Funding made a deal that would:

put a 10cent gas tax question to the voters and then require legislative implementation after the vote
the Legislature in exchange:
- froze the state basic property tax rate for 5 years
- created a new tax rate for the weighted pupil unit thereby creating a $292 million increase in education funding.
- if the gas tax is approved, funds would be divded like this:
  - 70…

Lege TREND. Local Voters Approval for Ride Share Taxes? 4 Opposition Arguments.

Voters in San Francisco in November 2019 can vote wehter to approve a 3,25% tax onn ride share. Thanks to AB 1184 ( 2018 | CA) .

The Heartland Institute offers reasons to oppose a ride sahre tax:

San Francisco cost of living is already high enough
Termites. “Taxes such as this one are like termites: They eat at the foundation of the community,”
Taxes drivers. Drivers may get stuck paying the tax
self-sabotaging regulation

Heartland Institute | SAN FRANCISCO VOTERS TO CONSIDER TAXING UBER