The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law last December, more commonly referred to as tax reform, made several changes to the transportation fringe benefit (IRC Sec. 132(f)). The legislation maintained the parking and transit tax benefits for individuals. However, it also made the transportation fringe benefit more expensive for non-profits and universities that…
AB 2425/S1567 would authorize a statewide transit benefit ordinance in New Jersey similar to that of San Francisco, Washington DC, and New York City. If enacted, employers with more than 50 employees would be required to offer pre-tax transportation fringe benefits to their employees. Transit benefit programs greatly reduce drive alone rates, thus, reducing congestion, improving…
LA County Transit Benefit Policy Page AB 2548 (Friedman) would authorize LA County to implement a transit benefit ordinance similar to that of San Francisco, Washington DC, and New York City. Before the LA County approves such measure, the State must authorize it to do such. The legislation is making its way through the State…
Below are slides as well as a recording from the June 11th CoaST Webinar “How Innovation & Technology Will Change Transportation” Slides: Jeremy Dalton, TravelSpirit – Slides Dr. Susan Shaheen Slides, TSRC, UC Berkeley – Slides Jason Pavluchuk, CoaST – Slides Recording: Webinar Recording
In this month’s “Transportation 101”, we will review the Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Program (CMAQ). CMAQ is a funding pot that most State and local agencies turn to when looking to implement congestion programs. In this webinar, we will go through the basics of the program and talk about how CMAQ can be used…
The House Appropriations Committee cleared its FY 2019 Transportation, Housing & Urban Development funding bill. Below are some highlights of the legislation: The bill includes appropriates $542 million above the fiscal year 2018 enacted level and $11.7 billion above the President’s request. In total budgetary resources, including offsetting collections, the bill provides $87.8 billion to…
June Coast Members Meeting Agenda Wednesday, June 19th 2:00 PM EDT -11: 00 AM PDT Policy Update Brief Administrative Review Set Time for Monthly Policy Calls (to be broken into Local-Federal time) Set Time for Quarterly All-member calls Federal Policies Discussion – Approval UBTI Pricing & HOV Lanes Bicycle Benefit Best Practices Discussion – Approval Vermont…
Making Transportation Smarter – How Innovation & Technology will Change Transportation Webinar – June 11th – 2:30PM (EDT) During this 1-hour webinar, experts in MaaS and Mobility on Demand will provide a status check on what’s new in the world of Mobility on Demand and Mobility as a Service. In this webinar speakers will provide:…
As expected, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is formally rescinding a performance metric requiring state DOTs and metropolitan planning organizations to set targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. FHWA issued a proposed rule in October, this notice finalizes that action. The GHG performance metric was seen by many State DOTs and planning bodies as out…