The Future of I-70: “Not a Plan, But a Big Idea”
This week in Kansas City, Missouri’s transportation leaders held a meeting concerning the future of I-70. As we’ve discussed many...
Missouri’s Bridges: Are They Falling Apart?
As we’ve written many times before, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is facing a serious funding problem. If something...
Highway Dollars: Does Washington Give Missouri Its Fair Share?
Often, when discussing the impending funding crisis at the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), many residents are skeptical of the...
Highway Funding Proposals Stall in Missouri Legislature
When the legislative session began earlier this year, there was some hope that policymakers would be able to modernize the...
Show-Me Now! A Solution to MoDOT’s Funding Problems
Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Joseph Miller notes that legislation pending in the Missouri state house could fix MoDOT’s short term...
Fears of Private Toll Roads Promote Government Control, Waste
We recently commented on how a bill in the Missouri Legislature, SB 540, would allow MoDOT to lease part of...
Legislature’s Gas Tax Increase Is Sound Policy
As first appearing in the Columbia Daily Tribune: How did you get to work this morning? How were the groceries...
Fuel Tax Increase, P3 Bill on Verge of Passing Senate
Last Thursday, SB 540, a bill languishing on the Missouri Senate floor that would increase the state fuel tax two...
Tolling Coming to I-70?
With the prospect of a fuel tax increase looking more and more remote in the Missouri Legislature, policymakers are once...
On Kit Bond Bridge, Give Credit Where Credit Is Due
In this week’s episode of Ruckus, which covers local policy issues in Kansas City, one of the panelists defended using...
Missouri’s Fuel Taxes in Context
On March 1, Iowa increased its fuel taxes by 10 cents per gallon. Other states, including Nebraska, Minnesota, South Dakota, and...
Show-Me Now! Gas Tax: The Fix for MoDOT’s Funding?
Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Joseph Miller talks about funding Missouri roads with user fees like fuel taxes.
Fuel Taxes Back on the Table in Missouri
Recently, two Missouri House Bills (HB 995 and HB 738) proposed to increase fuel taxes in Missouri to fund the...
Port Strikes, Panama, and the Future of Missouri Freight
Since last July, freight companies and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) (which represents dockworkers from all 29 West...
The Return of the Transportation Sales Tax
Last year, Missourians soundly rejected Amendment 7, which proposed a 0.75 cent increase in the state sales tax to fund...
Kansas City, Meet the 325 Plan
The decreasing amount of funding available for state highway improvements has led the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to plan...
Saint Louis, Meet the 325 Plan
As we have written many times before, Missouri is rapidly running out of the necessary funds to maintain, much less...
Show-Me Now! I-70: For Whom MoDOT Tolls?
Earlier this month, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) released a report on implementing tolling on I-70 across Missouri. Show-Me...
Fuel Prices Falling, Along With Planners’ Expectations
At the time this was written, the average price for a regular gallon of gas in Missouri was $1.859. The...
New Year’s Resolutions for Missouri Lawmakers
As first appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Are you listening, Missouri lawmakers? This is the Ghost of Christmas Past....
