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Proposition 7
“The constitutional amendment dedicating certain sales and use tax revenue and motor vehicle sales, use, and rental tax revenue to the state highway fund to provide funding for nontolled roads and the reduction of certain transportation-related debt.”
Senator Nichols, “If passed by the voters, the proposition would be the largest single increase in transportation funding in Texas history.” GoSanAngelo
Proposition 5
“The constitutional amendment to authorize counties with a population of 7,500 or less to perform private road construction and maintenance.”
Nevada Transportation Authorityproduced 15-pages of draft regulations for ride share. The lengthy regulations include:
Tennessee Governor Haslam says Tennesee has a multi-billion dollar funding backlog in transportation.
To fix the state’s transportation system, he is considering a proposal to raise the gas tax, which hasn’t been raised in 25 years.
California license plates have a special coating that help facilitate the reading of license plates by electronic means. All liberty lovers, please note that the regulation at issue is a fee and not whether this coating is good or bad.
With that libertarian disclaimer, this license plate coating peels. In California, a license plate that is peeling, but still legible, generated a $1,000 fine.
In Hillsborough, Florida business organizations are “gearing up to lead the campaign to pass a half-cent sales tax for transportation projects if county commissioners agree to put the tax on the November 2016 ballot.”
Business says lack of adequate roads and transportaiton funding is harming economic development.
Cape Girardeau, Missouri has a pay as you go transportaiton fund that works like this:
Tyler Morning Telegraph brings us the reasons why high speed rail will not work in Texas:
Houston Press & Houston Chronicle finally caught up with loyal Information Intelligence subscribers to tell us how local governments are forming commissions specifically designed to block high speed rail.
Information Intelligence on July 22, 2015:
Montgomery County and the city of Magnolia formed a regional planning commission to monitor the proposed high speed rail project.The current path of the high speed rail proposal does not cross Magnolia or Montgomery County.
Both local governments appear to be opposed to the high speed rail and its taking of private land. As such, the city and county are being vigilent just in case.
Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal: ” We are committed to opposing any routing of high speed rail through western Montgomery County, and the regional planning commission is a tool that will help us in that goal”
This week ride share company Uber and the CIty of New York reached a deal prior to the mayor pushing a vote on capping ride share. How did it work?
Previously on Information Intelligence: New York City council members are proposing a new ride share regulation. They want to cap the number of ride share vehicles for roughly a year to study how their rapidly swelling numbers are affecting congestion and the environment.