Funding formula change might delay road work for Southeastern N.C. (Wilmington Star News)

Local transportation planners oppose changes to state equity formula

By Patrick Gannon
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Published: Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 3:30 a.m.

Proposed changes to the state’s transportation-funding formula might jeopardize new road projects on the coast, while benefitting larger metropolitan areas such as Charlotte and Raleigh, […]

Editorial – State’s major metro areas should not be allowed to hog road funding (Wilmington Star News)

Published: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 3:30 a.m.

Well, of course North Carolina’s largest cities want the funding formula for roads changed. By distributing construction dollars on population alone, they would get a bigger share of transportation dollars than […]

Improving State’s Equity Formula (FOX Charlotte)

Brien Blakely

Story Created: Apr 7, 2010 at 12:11 AM EDT
Story Updated: Apr 7, 2010 at 12:11 AM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – It’s called the Equity Formula, where state transportation money is distributed to equally among all 100 counties.

But, people in Charlotte have been complaining for years that it […]

N.C. Transportation System Needs Better Project Selection Process (John Locke Foundation)

JLF expert offers advice during legislative hearing

By CJ Staff
April 06, 2010

RALEIGH — A better project selection process is more important than new funding sources in addressing North Carolina’s transportation needs. The John Locke Foundation’s top budget expert will deliver that message today in testimony to […]

A Formula for Roads (John Locke Foundation)

By John Hood
April 08, 2010

RALEIGH – If North Carolina lawmakers continue to eye the state transportation budget like greedy kids spying a basket of candy, they’ll continue to grab and squabble. As JLF adjunct policy analyst Dave Hartgen observes in a new Spotlight briefing paper, policymakers need to look […]

Equity formula: the eye of the beholder (News and Observer)

Submitted by BruceSiceloff on 03/02/2010 – 10:05

A joint committee of House and Senate members is soliciting public comment on the “equity formula” set up by the legislature in 1989 to guide the distribution of most state and federal road-building money.

Is it equitable? Generally, urban […]