An $8.5 billion transportation revenue package in Washington State, including a 10-cent gas tax hike, will have to wait for a special session after lawmakers adjourned their regular session this week without passing the package, which would have provided a companion to an $8.8 billion transportation budget they did approve. I also have updates on transportation funding developments in six other states.

The Vermont state legislature voted this week to increase gas taxes to raise additional revenues for transportation. The Green Mountain State became the latest state to address transportation funding needs during 2013. I also have updates on what’s going on in three other states with regards to transportation funding.

While a number of states have already completed work this year on transportation funding plans, officials in a number of other states are still hard at work seeking compromises, stating their cases and planning for the future if they’re ultimately unsuccessful in 2013. I have updates on nine of them, as well as links to a number of recent items on the trends in states seeking new transportation revenues this year.

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley this week signed into law a House bill that revises guidelines for infrastructure public-private partnerships (P3s). I also have updates on P3, toll and other projects and policies in eight other states, a look at some recent reports and writings on those topics, and some information about how state government officials can learn more on these topics at an important forum this summer.

Transportation plans in Maryland, Ohio and Virginia are one step closer to becoming a reality this week. For other states though, the debate over how to fund transportation going forward continues. I also have some noteworthy items below on the condition of America’s infrastructure and what states are doing about it.

Despite the potential for fiscal as well as perception problems down the road, a number of states continue to look to transportation revenues for their potential to fill budget holes elsewhere. Other states are taking the opposite path, trying to ensure that revenues intended for transportation are not siphoned away for other purposes. I also have updates on some states that continue to move forward with transportation revenue packages in legislative sessions around the country this year.

Massachusetts, Texas and Wisconsin are among a list of states this year looking at how borrowing and tax increases fit into their futures as they try to meet transportation needs. I also have updates this week on transportation revenue measures under consideration in Arkansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, Vermont and Virginia, plus a roundup of recent news and resources from the world of transportation public-private partnerships.

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley this week offered his latest, long-awaited plan for shoring up the state’s transportation trust fund and averting a project funding cliff expected to hit in 2017. Like a plan recently approved by lawmakers in Virginia and a number of others under consideration around the country, it involves raising some taxes and lowering others to bring in additional revenues for transportation.