Congress looks at making cities more “livable” (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate moved closer on Wednesday to making the concept of “livable communities” a part of national law that would provide federal grants to help local governments implement comprehensive city planning.
Almost a year after Sen. Chris Dodd, the Banking Committee chairman from Connecticut, introduced a […]
Beltway delay (Winston Salem JOURNAL EDITORIAL)
Aprioritization process for urban-loop projects that state officials are proposing could well put Forsyth County’s long-awaited Northern Beltway near, or at, the bottom of the list of projects competing for funds. Area residents should urge the N.C. Department of Transportation to adjust the process so that it allows projects like […]
Liquor law changes approved by NC house panel (Associated Press)
RALEIGH, N.C. — Local ABC boards would have to meet financial and customer service standards in its liquor sales or they could face closure, and all its members would be subject to a gift ban and other ethics rules in legislation approved Tuesday by a state […]
A tale of two counties (The Washington Post) (Collective Bargaining story)
MONTGOMERY COUNTY has just completed a nightmarish budget year. Stressed, squabbling and besieged elected officials savaged services and programs and jacked up taxes to eliminate an eye-popping deficit of almost $1 billion in a $4.3 billion spending plan. Meanwhile, across the Potomac River in Fairfax […]
RALEIGH – Perhaps Harry Reid may think better of the idea.
Or, maybe not.
In late April , the leader of the U.S. Senate re-introduced a bill that would force states to negotiate with unions for police, firefighters and other emergency workers.
The move prompted a flurry of activity from business and municipal […]
As we enter the final state budget negotiations I have created a chart to outline the different provisions of the Mobility Fund as proposed by the Governor, the Senate, and the House. I have also done a letter you can send to your delegation encouraging them to include the Powell Bill […]
NC Board of Transportation Meeting 6.3.10 (Summary by Jim Humphrey, CDOT)
Secretary’s Remarks- Jim Trogden spoke of Mobility Funds, response to a Amtrak Train derailment in Mebane, expansion of mid-day train service between Raleigh and Charlotte, award of the contract for I-485 and the public event in Charlotte, more work to integrate NCTA into NCDOT (including […]
Local officials please mobility fund in N.C. budget draft (Durham Herald Sun)
DURHAM — Local officials are pleased that N.C. House members included in their draft of the state’s fiscal 2010-11 budget a version of the “mobility fund” Gov. Beverly Perdue wants to set up to underwrite major road and transit projects.
House members would seed the […]
New Report Examines Gasoline Tax Proposals in Various States (AASHTO)
The success or failure of state-level plans to increase gas taxes can be tied to how the media covers those proposals, concludes a recently released report from the University of Vermont Transportation Research Center. The report examines six states — Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, […]
House budget would start Perdue’s Mobility Fund with $70M (News and Observer)
The 2011 budget approved by the House this morning provides $70 million to start up the N.C. Mobility Fund that Gov. Bev Perdue wants for some big statewide transportation projects that, with one exception, have not been named.
This will be one of the […]
