Issue Position: Transportation

Issue Position

We need a transportation network that connects our residents to housing and jobs. The state legislature has been kicking the can down the road on the issue of transportation funding for a decade. I will work to secure permanent sustainable funding for our region's integrated transportation system.

At present, the region's largest single source of transportation funding is the property taxes which we pay to our cities and counties to maintain city streets and county roads. The state gas tax now funds less than 30% of the cost of building and maintaining our system of roads and bridges, and this percentage shrinks every year. I will use my extensive knowledge of transportation policy solutions to help close our funding gap.

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