Transportation
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Dallas Woodhouse reports on U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx’s latest political moves. The latest CJ Opinion explains why N.C. policymakers should rely on user fees to meet transportation needs.
User Fee
Budget, Taxation & Economy
A fresh look at American highways
Robert Poole writes at National Review Online about the need to rethink the way America treats its highways. It’s not hard to see that there is something fundamentally wrong with…
Liberty
Re: Trump’s $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan
Getting the local angle out of the way, N&R columnist Susan Ladd (surprise) did care for President Trump’s State of the Union speech, adding her own annotations (in bold): “Together,…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
A Fork in the Road for Transportation Funding
Governments cannot realistically take enough money from citizens to pay for all the repairs and construction people say we need. The American Society of Civil Engineers estimated an unmet need…
Liberty
W-S car fee to help pay for roads?
Winston-Salem Journal reports the City Council is considering a $15 per car fee to help pay for street repairs as it continues negotiating the 2017-2018 budget. Building and maintaining roads…
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Ferry questions keep tolling discussion
The question of how to pay for ferries and who pays is a recurring one for the General Assembly, going back at least to 2003. The ferry toll question has…
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Comparing water rates
The Smithfield Herald is reporting today that water and sewer rates will be going up in Smithfield. The town council voted for the change because costs have been rising, and…
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Durham wants me to pay rent on something I already own
I got a letter yesterday from Donald Long, the director of Durham’s Solid Waste Management department. In that letter he gave me, and everyone in Durham, I imagine, the good…
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Durham wants me to pay rent on something I already own
I got a letter yesterday from Donald Long, the director of Durham’s Solid Waste Management department. In that letter he gave me, and everyone in Durham, I imagine, the good…
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What’s in the Finance package of the House budget?
Just released Sunday night to members of the House Finance Committee, the finance portion of the 2015-17 budget. A quick review shows extension of renewable energy credits, historic restoration credits,…
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Pay per Wolf Cry
An ordinance proposed for Swain County would attempt to incent a decrease in false alarms at the sheriff’s department. Last year, the county answered about 1000. Switching more to user…
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Same Old Song & Dance
The City of Asheville is taking a move in the right direction – I think. Council is expected to again raise user fees for its clay tennis courts closer to…