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The Colorado Legislature failed to reach an agreement on transportation funding. The House & The Senate both wanted to ensure ensure $1 billion in general-fund transfers to the Highway Users Trust Fund. How they got to that point varied.
The House wanted to address a hospital provider fee and turn it into an economic development fund to free up a revenue cap.
Colorado hasn’t spent state general revenue onn transportation since 2007.
On Tuesday Michigan voters defeated a $1.2billion in trasnportation funding. Supporters of the ballot initiaitve spent $9 million, while opponents spent $200,000.
Michigan isn’t the first state to vote down increased transportaiton funding recently. Missouri did so as well in 2014.
Cameron County Judge Suplevada announced that the new US-Mexico bridge will open in July. Background:
Expiring Revenue Enhancement is the key phrase, and it requires:
Seantors Huffines, Hall and Ellis join forces to support Senator Ellis’ bill to stop the driver responsiblity program. The program can result in hefty surcharges for individuals to retain their driver’s license.
After buttering Texas up by flattering its innovated use of public private partnerships in transportation, a Harvard Kennedy School fellow. He praises this method because roads are paid for by those who directly benefit from those roads.
Pivoting from flattery, he posits that opposition to tollroads and prublic private partnerships will:
Self driving cars are good for Nevada and California, but bring pause when Texas tries to legislate self driving car testing.
Google and Automakers don’t appear to want self driving car legislation in Texas. Google registered opposed to Senator Ellis’ SB 1167 that seeks to set up a framework for testing self driving cars in Texas. Why?
14 elected officials have asked the Texas Congressional to request federal regulators stop high speed rail in Texas. The blessing of federal regulators will garner eminent domain powers for the high speed rail.
Simultaneously, TXDOT has created a high speed rail commission led by Ft. Worth businessman Bill Meadows to explore extending the Dallas-Houston jhigh speed rail to Arlington and Ft. Worth.
While we wait to see what the Legislature does with ride-share, Mayor Parker is asking that Uber submit a compliance plan to the City of Houston.
Uber has until Friday to comply. Houston is eager to match drivers to drivers licenses after the alleged April 2015 sexual assault of a passenger by an Uber driver.
TXDOT is getting closer to additional funding. The House and Senate transportation proposal both relate to sales tax and here’s the differences: