Toll Possibilities for I-70 Rebuild
Recently, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) issued a report on the possibilities of using tolls to pay for the...
Highway Funding in Missouri: The Fuel Tax Option
As first appearing in the Columbia Missourian: The failure of Amendment 7, the proposed transportation sales tax, in August has...
Highway Funding in Missouri: The Fuel Tax Option
The failure of Amendment 7, the proposed transportation sales tax, in August has left the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT)...
South County Connector: Still an Opportunity to Toll
Last week, Saint Louis County officials announced that the proposed $120 million South County Connector had been placed on hold. The...
Loop Trolley Hits $11 Million Speed Bump
The implementation of the proposed Loop Trolley, to run from the Missouri History Museum to the historic Delmar Loop neighborhood, has...
Recent Missouri Travel Trends Fail to Meet MoDOT Expectations
In February, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) issued its finalized Long-Range Transportation Plan, titled “A Vision for Missouri’s Transportation...
A Lesson for Missouri: Indiana Toll Road Bankruptcy Highlights Privatization Advantages
Policy Researcher Joseph Miller writes in the Columbia Tribune: Here’s a story we’re familiar with in Missouri: Government officials propose...
Tolls On I-70 Could Be Solution To Modot’s Funding Problems
Show-Me Institute Policy Researcher Joseph Miller writes in the Columbia Missourian: With the defeat of Amendment 7, officials are looking...
User Fees Stop Pass-through Traffic from Getting Free Ride
In debates over the ill-fated Amendment 7, which proposed a statewide transportation sales tax, opponents often pointed out that if...
Policy Breakfast: Missouri Transportation Funding: Where Do We Go From Here?
Missouri voters recently defeated a sales tax initiative to fund transportation needs. Nonetheless, Missouri’s Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has to...
The Bankruptcy of Indiana Toll Road Highlights Privatization Advantages
Recently, the Indiana Toll Road Concession Company (ITRCC), which operates the Indiana Toll Road, declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This bankruptcy...
Trucks on Missouri’s Highways
The Show-Me Institute recently hosted a panel discussion on the future of transportation funding in Missouri. An audience member asked what...
Are Outdated Projections Driving I-70 Rebuild Plans?
With the defeat of Amendment 7, the transportation sales tax, the issue of how to fund Missouri’s statewide road system remains...
Make Bus Rapid Transit Serve Bus Users
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is likely to make its debut in Saint Louis in the next couple years. Regional planning...
Tolling I-70: A Semi-Solution to MoDOT’s Funding Problems
With the defeat of Amendment 7, officials are looking for ways to fund Missouri’s highway system. MoDOT needs adequate funding,...
Local Road Funding in Missouri
The Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT) growing funding problem has put the issue of state highway funding on the center...
MoDOT Vastly Overstates Its Need For Funding
Show-Me Institute Policy Researcher Joseph Miller writes in the Columbia Missourian: In the aftermath of the transportation sales tax (Amendment...
Gas Taxes And Funding MoDOT
In the aftermath of the transportation sales tax (Amendment 7) defeat, former supporters are still on a misinformation campaign. They...
Show-Me Now! MODOT Speed Bump: Sales Tax Defeated
On 5 Aug, 2014, Missouri voters defeated the transportation sales tax ballot measure.
Amendment 7 Defeated
Yesterday, Missouri voters rejected Amendment 7, the proposed statewide transportation sales tax (59 percent to 41 percent). Using a sales...
