The LWVVT just completed a two year Transportation Study with the aim of assessing how best to help people move around the state conveniently and efficiently. (Click here for a summary of the results of that study.)
The new position statement provides a strong platform for assessing and critiquing transit plans in the future. However, consensus was not reached on several key questions, specifically those pertaining to possible funding mechanisms. As a consequence, several League members recommended a new study focusing just on funding mechanisms which was adopted at Convention in May, 2011:
Scope: Such a study could include, but is not limited to: identifying funding mechanisms used in other states and considering their possible application in Vermont: considering increased flexibility in allocating and utilizing existing and new funding; and, exploring the role rules and regulations play in governing access to funding.
A recently released report, Transportation Governance and Finance: a 50-State Review of State Legislatures and Departments of Transportation, identifies funding mechanisms but we still have plenty of work to do. The Southeast Vermont League of Women Voters Member-at-Large Unit is currently putting together a public forum on transportation funding for the fall and we will be happy to share what we
learn.
As the study progresses, material will be posted at this site. You are also encouraged to refer the study committee to any resources, human, written, or electronic, that could make a contribution to our understanding of relevant issues. Send your suggestions to president@lwvofvt.org.
To join the Transportation Study group, contact Frankie Knibb at league@lwvofvt.org.
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