Key issues: Transportation

KEY PRIORITIES
FOR THE 2026 SESSION INCLUDE:

• Maintain and Restore General Fund support for transportation.
• Prioritization of investments with cost-sharing and a positive return on investment.
• Strategic, sustained investments in the movement of freight.
• Legislative and policy changes necessary to accommodate advancements in transportation technology.
• Prioritization of consumer and business impacts in transportation fuels policy.

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2025 outcomes
 

Business priorities

• Protect General Fund support for roads and bridges
• Increase Electric Vehicles' (EV) financial contribution to transportation
• Delay the Greenhouse Gas / Vehicle Miles Traveled mitigation requirement
• Continued development of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in Minnesota
   

Policies we opposed

• Statewide ban on billboards
• Clean Fuel Standard
   

Outcomes

• Auto Parts transfer from GF to transportation was cut
• EVs will pay increased registration fee; new tax on public charging stations
• GHG/VMT not delayed, but definition of "mitigation" projects expanded
• No additional support for SAF

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