AASHTO Update: Votes For and Against Transportation Issues Across the US

Transportation TV News Update focuses on results of key transportation ballot initiatives decided by voters in several states Tuesday, November 4

Nov 14, 2014

This AASHTO Transportation TV News Update focuses on some of the key transportation ballot initiatives decided by voters in several states Tuesday, November 4. Maryland and Wisconsin voters decided the fate of a proposal to dedicate state gas tax revenues to transportation. Meanwhile voters in Massachusetts decided what to do about legislation approved last year, to automatically increase the state’s gas tax.

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