Lege TREND. Data Based Transportation Funding. 3 Keys from Eastern State.

Which state moved to data based funding for transportatin projects? North Carolina

When did North Carolina make the move to data based funding? 2013

Why did North Carolina adopt data based funding for transportation? To give highest priority to congestion, safety and economic development

What happened since adopting data based funding? A repeal was “snuck” into the 2015 budget.

What is North Carolina doing to strenthen data based funding?

• House Bill 988 repeals the 2015 change
• The proposal strengthens the conenction between urban and rural North Carolina by focusing on moving goods and services between the two
• The state shouldn’t kill locally approved transportation projects like a Charlotte, NC light rail project

Charlotte Observer Editorial | Taking politics out of transportation – again