Key issues: Transportation
Our approach
The Minnesota Chamber supports investment in the state’s transportation infrastructure for the efficient movement of people and goods. To be effective, it must include a modern, multimodal system of roads and bridges, transit, air, rail and waterways.
Minnesota businesses are willing to direct current resources and make additional investments to ensure the state’s transportation system is well-maintained and strategically enhanced, but they also expect to receive the greatest value for every dollar invested in this critical infrastructure.
Business community priorities
- Increased diversification of transportation funding streams.
- Prioritization of investments with cost-sharing and a positive return on investment.
- 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
