US: Rental car taxes are getting jacked up
Anyone renting a car in Maine would be paying the state 12.5% of their bill in excise taxes starting last month if the legislature there had its way.
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Archive of Transportation on Tuesday November 03, 2009
US: Rental car taxes are getting jacked up
Anyone renting a car in Maine would be paying the state 12.5% of their bill in excise taxes starting last month if the legislature there had its way. Read More
CA: Average DMV wait time is up 18 minutes since furloughs began
The average wait time for walk-in customers at Department of Motor Vehicles offices has increased from 27 minutes to 45 minutes since the governor ordered state workers to take three furlough days each month, according to a legislative review. Read More
CA: Pay-by-the-mile auto insurance advances in California
Car insurance by the tankful? Not quite, but California moved a step closer last month to pay-as-you-drive policies that could allow motorists to buy insurance like they do gasoline – a little at a time. Read More
CO: Up to 225,000 Colo. drivers without valid license still on the road
More than 200,000 people might be driving illegally in Colorado, and such drivers were involved in crashes that caused nearly one-fourth of all state traffic deaths last year, state auditors reported Monday. Read More
CO: Ritter -- $400 million in transportation funds around the corner
The FASTER transportation measure passed by lawmakers earlier this year could generate up to $180 million this year for Colorado roads and bridges, and about $220 million next year, Gov. Bill Ritter said Monday. Read More
CT: State DOT behind most missing election signs in N. Branford
NORTH BRANFORD, Conn. -- Republican and Democratic Town Committee chairmen said most signs that went missing this election season were removed by the state Department of Transportation. Read More
DE: Jersey sues to halt dredging plan
TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey on Monday filed a federal lawsuit in Trenton to block Army Corps of Engineers plans to deepen the Delaware River shipping channel, accusing the federal agency of ignoring environmental permit and study requirements. Read More
FL: Operation Transit Shield gets a second run at protecting Tri-Rail
DANIA BEACH, Fla. -- Local, state and federal law enforcement officials are taking aim at potential terrorists and kicking off a campaign to keep South Florida's Tri-Rail transit system safe this fall. Read More
FL: Miami-Dade commissioners consider cashing in on old Glades jetport
Facing a half-billion-dollar shortfall, Miami-Dade aviation managers are pitching oil drilling and rock mining as options for squeezing money out of an Everglades jetport abandoned 35 years ago. Read More
IA: Iowa traffic deaths down sharply in '09
Iowa could end 2009 with its fewest traffic deaths in any year since World War II partly because of a new "data-driven" approach to patrolling the roads, state officials said Monday. Read More
IN: Transit plan supporter tells IUSB forum the time is now
Voters decide today if county should join controversial regional transportation district. Read More
IN: Final link in trails connecting 3 states planned
PORTAGE, IND. -- A northwest Indiana development official says he hopes a 10-mile stretch of recreation trail along Lake Michigan can be built within five years to complete a series of trails connecting Illinois to Michigan. Read More
LA: Red-light camera cash could balance budget, Jefferson Parish considers
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- With less revenue from sales taxes and more expenses for operations, Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard's administration has been searching for new ways to balance the government budget. Read More
MA: New transport super agency takes over
Gov. Deval Patrick today swears in a five-member board to run the newly formed Massachusetts Department of Transportation, which officially launched yesterday. Read More
MT: Montana snowpack way above usual
Billings didn't take a serious hit from the October storm. But some surrounding areas and the mountains of central and Eastern Montana were buried, forming the foundation of the season's snowpack. Read More
NJ: NJ Transit to explore interest in Route 23 transit center project
NJ Transit will issue an "expression of interest" next year to find developers who want to put forward proposals for a 12-story hotel, office and retail complex at the Route 23 Transit Center. Read More
NV: Spokesman -- Gibbons 'made mistake' over Reid car bomb
Gov. Jim Gibbons today repeated his belief on a Nevada political show that the bomb in Harry Reid's station wagon in 1981 was a telephone book in a shoe box. Read More
NY: Where all that money went
While many people may think of road construction and bridge repair when they hear the term "stimulus funds," much of the $18 billion distributed so far to New York under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has gone not to infrastructure, but to individuals -- in the form of welfare payments, unemployment insurance and tax breaks. Read More
OK: Oklahoma awards Crosstown dirt project
The last dirt-work project for the Crosstown Expressway will start soon. Read More
PA: Pennsylvania study -- Helmetless riders at greater risk
A leading trauma center in Pittsburgh says greater numbers of motorcyclists with more serious facial and head injuries are seeking emergency medical treatment since Pennsylvania repealed its helmet law. Read More
PA: SEPTA workers strike for morning rush hour
SEPTA's largest union went on strike early this morning -- crippling a transit system that averages more than 928,000 trips every weekday in the city. Read More
SC: Plan may shape Greenville County growth
A long-percolating growth plan that could dramatically alter the way Greenville County handles emerging development and transportation needs is entering the final approval phase without the hot political debate it spawned 10 years ago. Read More
TN: Comptroller Wilson seeks public comment on debt policy for local governments
Comptroller Justin Wilson says that except for monitoring stimulus spending across Tennessee, the biggest issue he's faced in his first year in office is trying to bring order, transparency and oversight to the way local governments pay for schools, roads and other public projects. Read More
WA: State revises its plan for new license plates
The state Department of Licensing (DOL) has changed its plan for configuring new seven-character license plates, which will be issued starting this month. Read More
WA: DOT seeks bids second phase of massive I-90 project
The state Department of Transportation is seeking bids on the second construction contract to rebuild sections of Interstate 90 east of Snoqualmie Pass. Read More |
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