Eno Center for Transportation

Missouri voters will vote on Proposition D, which raises the gas tax to fund transportation improvements. Despite having one of the largest state-owned road networks in the country, Missouri’s gas tax has not been raised since the 1990s. Kurt Erickson, reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, talks to us about Prop D and some of … Continue reading Missouri: Will voters approve a gas tax increase? →

Colorado voters will see two competing transportation measures on their ballots this year: one that raises new revenue for all transportation modes, and one that just funds road improvements using existing revenue. Bob Murphy, former mayor of Lakewood, CO, and now state director for AARP, talks to us about the “Let’s Go, Colorado” and “Fix … Continue reading Colorado: Let’s Go, Colorado or Fix Our Damn Roads? →

Voters in Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, will decide whether to raise the sales tax to fund transportation improvements. Voters rejected a similar ballot measure in 2010, and Hillsborough County Commissioners chose not to send a sales tax increase to voters in 2016. Beth Alden, executive director of the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization, talks to … Continue reading Hillsborough County, Florida: Is third time the charm to raise revenue for transportation? →

Connecticut voters will decide on a constitutional amendment to put the state’s Special Transportation Fund in a lockbox, as many states have done for transportation funds. Don Shubert, president of the Connecticut Construction Industries Association, talks to us about the Connecticut Transportation Revenue Lockbox Amendment and what it might mean for the state’s ability to … Continue reading Connecticut: Will voters protect the Special Transportation Fund? →

California voters are set to vote on Prop 6, which would repeal the 2017 gas tax increase passed by the state legislature and require future tax increases to go before voters. This comes after voters approved a measure to put the new revenue in a lockbox for transportation earlier this year. Dr. Marty Wachs, distinguished … Continue reading California: Will voters repeal the gas tax increase? →