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Where: Prince George’s County
The opposition arguments of the local officials:
WTOP | Prince George’s Co. leaders vow to derail plans for high-speed train
City: Chicago
The proposed ride share tax: 48 cent increase on all trips, making the frride share fee $1 per trip
The reason for the ride share tax: Ride share has cost the area $40 million in revenue
Chicago Tribune | Emanuel may opt to raise 911, Uber taxes, setting aside council ideas
Voters in Lousianna approved a dedication of funds to transportation from an increased gas tax.
The gas tax has not been increased in 28 years and has not yet been increased.
The dedication of gas tax increase funds to transportation projects was seen as the major hurdle for approval of a gas tax increase.
Governing | Louisiana Voters OK Measure to Tighten Transportation Spending
The opinion requestor: Liberty County Attorney
The issue that the Liberty County Attorney wants the Attorney General to answer: Whether an elected constable and his deputies may simultaneously serve under the sheriff, specifically to perform tasks related to the duties of a weight enforcement officer.
Why Liberty County Attorney thinks an elected constable can also serve as a weight enforcement officer? Article XVI, Section 40 oft he Texas Constitution does not prohibit an elected constable from simultaneously serving as a deputy sheriff to be a weight enforcement officer
Forbes | Five Ways Utilities Can Gain From Building Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
TXDOT proposes billboards rules that permit billboards to 85 feet high.
A Sunset bill author, TX Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville says:
What’s the property right issue at play? Existing billboards that were built under 1986 rules that had no height limitations
The opposition: Scenic Texas
The complication: The 2017 Texas Legislature also attempted to create new billboard regulations to correct for the Texas Supreme Court Ruling in The State of Texas v. Clear Channel Communication.
Houston Chronicle | Activists fear Texas law will allow 85-foot-tall billboards
Scenic Ft. Worth | Ft. Worth Star Telegram | Everything’s bigger in Texas, but 85-foot billboards?
What’s missing from most state and federal self driving car regulations and legislation? Big Trucks.
Self driving truck economuy is growing and the regulations and legislation are not keeping pace, or so say lawyer sin this field in California, the first state to implement self-driving car regulations.
These cities regularly get ride share tip information:
2 Methods Cities are Getting Additional TNC data:
The Recorder | Uber and Lyft Resist Regulators’ Appeal for Data Sharing
New York Governor Cuomo is has called for a study to look at congestion pricing in New York City.
How would congestion pricing work? Two ways to phrase it:
What would NYC’s congestion pricing fund? mass transit
Do other cities have congestion pricing? Yes, Stockholm Sweden
Could a city in your state impose its own congestion pricing?…
CBS New York | Cuomo Creates Panel To Study NYC Congestion Pricing
The City: Columbus OH
What’s a connected transportation data exchange? The Smart Columbus Operating System is a system to share near-real-time data on traffic
How does it work? it will collect data from cars that transmit metrics like time, speed and location with road-side units. The data will be overlayed to create a regional transportation outlook
But, how does the city get the car data?
GCN | Columbus lays groundwork for connected transportation data exchange