Kyle Schneweis
How much revenue would you like to generate for your transportation program? The “Basic” version keeps it simple…
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Making it interactive
Relating funding to performance
SUBMIT RESULTS 2,000+ users
The reality of a gas tax increase
Average fluctuation up or down: 4 cents per week last time this time next time
Since 2000, the weekly price of gas has changed by more than five cents 139 times
The gas tax makes up 3.7% of the average cost to drive a car gas tax everything else
The Average Kansan… drives 13,300 miles per year… gets 21 miles per gallon… buys 640 gallons of gas per year… and pays $13 per month in state gas tax
Each penny increase would cost the average Kansan 53¢ a month
Each penny increase would raise $17 million per year
But do we need to increase the gas tax?
Preservation Gap Grows
25 years ago less than half of the state’s highways were in good condition % Today
Today four out of five highways are in good condition % Today 83%
Without a revenue increase, we’ll be right back where we started % Today 83% As early as %
Transportation and the economy Economic Impact THIS EXIT
Every $1 spent on infrastructure puts $3 back into the economy Economic Impact
Example: US-69 from Louisburg to Fort Scott: Employed 1,770 people at an average wage of $ companies provided products and services
Highway accessibility is the #1 factor in site selection 2008 Area Development Magazine Corporate Survey
“The central location and the ability to quickly get products in and out is a benefit to employers that are looking to come to Kansas.“ – Wayne Young, Sprint
Parsons added 1,400 jobs in the first three years after the US-400 bypass was built Tank Connection Inc +300 jobs
KANSAS TRANSPORTATION ONLINE COMMUNITY
Almost 1,000 members
It’s about the conversation
It won’t all be pretty