Transportation

The Transportation Policy Area primarily covers trucks and automobiles, the highways the vehicles use and the laws concerning vehicles and highways. The Transportation Policy Area also covers planes, trains, bicycles and pedestrians.

Transportation Publications

Latest:

• NEW State Highway Fund Transfers 2022 Session Approved (9-27-2022)
• NEW Kansas Laws Applicable to Bicycle and E-Scooter Operation (updated 8-11-2022)
• State Regulation of Autonomous Vehicles (6-30-2022)
• Kansas Motor Fuel Taxes and Fuel Use (1-26-2022)
• States' Fees for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles (1-26-2022)
• Payments to Cities for Highway Connecting Links (7-7-2021)
• State Standards for Designating Highways in Honor of Individuals (9-11-2020)
• State Authorization for Fund-raising License Plates (9-3-2020)
• Hands-Free and Distracted Driving Laws in Other States (1-17-2020)
• Taxes and Fees Paid at Vehicle Registration (Updated Oct. 2020)
• Report of the Joint Legislative Transportation Vision Task Force to the 2019 Kansas Legislature (9-6-2019)
• Protections in State Law for Transportation Funding (1-10-2019)
• An Analysis of Possible Federal Preemption of Kansas Law on Trains Blocking Highways (12-4-2018)
• Special City and County Highway Fund Distributions (11-6-2018)
• State Revenues Used for Transportation Purposes (11-2-2018)
• Chronology of Selected Federal-State Highway Legislation and Transportation-Related Activity 1880-2016 (1-18-2017)
• Online Vehicle Insurance Verification: Review of State Laws (5-4-2016)

Briefing Book Articles:

• The Relationship between KTA and KDOT
• State Highway Fund Receipts and Transfers
• State Motor Fuels Taxes and Use

Other Resources

• Kansas Department of Transportation, T-Works program
• Commercial trucking information from various agencies
• Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of Vehicles
• Kansas Corporation Commission Transportation Division
• National Conference of State Legislatures-Transportation Funding Database
• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
• U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)
  • Federal Highway Administration
  • Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration