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Archive of Transportation on Tuesday June 30, 2009
OR: Buy that Prius now because tax credit could expire
Oregon's tax credit for gas-electric hybrid vehicles like the Toyota Prius and others will disappear Jan. 1 if the governor signs a bill that cleared its final hurdle Monday into law. Read More
AZ: State services uncertain if government shuts down
The Legislature's fractured Republican majority struggled Monday to reach a budget agreement, bringing Arizona within hours of a nearly total government shutdown. Read More
CA: EPA gives California emissions waiver
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency will announce today that it is granting California's request to impose tough restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks -- reversing the Bush administration's position and opening the way for the state to take the lead on global-warming policy. Read More
FL: Top Florida officials spent $51K on plane commutes
Top Florida officials misused state resources to travel between the capital and their homes, costing taxpayers at least $51,000 and raising potential IRS violations, according to state investigators' findings that were removed from a final auditor's report. Read More
GA: Ga. DOT awards 22 stimulus program contracts
Georgia's Department of Transportation says it has awarded 22 more projects worth $56.7 million under the federal stimulus program. Read More
HI: Last warning -- Cell phone ban kicks in tomorrow
Sixteen-year-old Mikhail Han represents a new generation of O'ahu drivers who — beginning tomorrow — will grow up on an island where holding a cell phone will no longer be allowed behind the wheel. Read More
IA: Iowa DOT cautions travelers about work zones over July 4 holiday
AMES, Iowa - Travel during the upcoming Fourth of July holiday could be slowed somewhat by road construction, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation, or DOT. Several projects on Iowa's interstates could warrant advance planning on the part of drivers. Read More
ID: Do Idaho cars, trucks pay their fair share to use the roads?
A state advisory committee will oversee a study, using new federal methods, to see whether highway costs are fairly allocated among road users. Read More
IL: Lack of state budget deal won't be felt right away
The state's budget year ends today, and lawmakers are nowhere near a deal on a spending plan with Gov. Quinn. Does that mean someone shuts off the lights of state government at midnight? In a word, no. Read More
IL: Metra breaks ground on station near Sox park
More than a year behind schedule, Metra broke ground today on a new station at 35th Street on the Rock Island District Line to serve White Sox fans and college students while giving neighborhood residents another mass-transit option. Read More
IN: Ballard loses round on plan to bail out CIB
State lawmakers late Monday ignored Mayor Greg Ballard's calls for fewer spending cuts for the Capital Improvement Board and granted him only one of the three tax increases he sought this year to plug the agency's projected $47 million deficit. Read More
IN: State police increasing patrols for holiday
SELLERSBURG, Ind. - About 150 additional state troopers will hit Indiana highways during the upcoming July 4 holiday weekend. Read More
MA: Pol unveils elderly driver plan
The state motor vehicle registry could start flagging dangerous elderly drivers, force seniors to re-take road tests and make it easier for families to intervene under a sweeping new crackdown a Beacon Hill leader is vowing to push today, the Herald has learned. Read More
MA: Mass. turnpike rescinds major toll increase
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority has four months to live. Transportation Secretary James Aloisi said Monday that the new Massachusetts Department of Transportation is expected to take over Turnpike operations in November. Read More
MA: Anticipating state revenue, Pike board kills $100m toll increase
After 18 months of threats, and three votes to raise tolls, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority rescinded a controversial $100 million toll hike yesterday and will instead depend on money from a higher sales tax to cover its deficit. Read More
MA: Patrick hints at hike in gas tax
Governor Deval Patrick signed a budget yesterday that imposes more than $1 billion in additional taxes on Massachusetts residents and visitors, most of it through the first increase in the state sales tax in 33 years, even as he declined to rule out a future boost in the state gas tax. Read More
MD: New group scrutinizes stimulus spending, transportation priorities
Maryland needs to get on track with investing stimulus dollars for transportation, a newly formed coalition of smart growth, business, environmental and faith groups said Monday. Read More
MS: Medicaid agreement reached
Late Monday night, House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, announced that an agreement had been reached on funding for Medicaid that if passed today would fund the agency for the fiscal year beginning Wednesday. Read More
MT: MT-owned coal tracts moving toward possible lease
The Montana Land Board is holding public hearings this week over whether to lease for development state land near Ashland that contains roughly 600 million tons of coal. Read More
OH: State Highway Patrol offers free coffee for turnpike drivers who use seat belts
Turnpike drivers who violate traffic laws may be surprised by what they hear if a state trooper pulls them over: Read More
TX: Three issues, and lots of other bills
Gov. Perry has made it clear he has no plans to add anything more to the Legislature's special session agenda, besides the three issues already identified. Read More
TX: Toll road item may threaten session
The spoiler of Gov. Rick Perry's midsummer's dream of a three-day special session could be the "Nichols language." Read More
VA: Virginia considering regulating car title loans
Virginia is considering putting the brakes on the repo man, but there's disagreement on how to do it. Read More
VA: Rail spending applauded; overall maintenance booed
Maryland and the District have done a better job than Virginia in spending federal stimulus dollars earmarked for transportation, according to a report released yesterday by a smart-growth advocacy group. Read More
WA: Report -- State wrong to stiff Seattle on transpo stimulus $
A new report released Monday by Smart Growth America and the Transportation Choices Coalition criticized Washington and other states for spending too much economic stimulus money on building new roads and infrastructure and neglecting much-needed repairs to existing roads and transit. Read More
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