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dan-vock

Daniel C. Vock

Staff Writer

Dan is Governing’s transportation and infrastructure reporter. Dan developed a deep knowledge of government generally, and of states specifically, as a reporter for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and for Stateline. He has a master’s degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois Springfield and a bachelor’s degree in English and German from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

How people in Austin, Texas, vote next month on background checks for ride-hailing drivers could have big consequences for cities across the country.
New Mexico is holding on to more than $4 million in tax refunds from thousands of undocumented immigrants. They're suing the state to get their money back.
In an effort to help people become less car-dependent, cities like Denver are getting directly involved in the creation of transportation apps.
In Minnesota, women will be paid to persuade resistant farmers to care and do something about the state's increasingly polluted waterways.
The state’s secretary of transportation, Stephanie Pollack, is a liberal in a conservative administration and an advocate in an administrative post. But she’s making it work.
The city may build an aerial gondola to shuttle people into and out of its oldest neighborhood.
Public transit rarely competes for riders with the likes of Uber, Car2Go or bike sharing. Instead, the different transit modes help each other.
One of the nation’s most prominent libertarian legal activists is the newest member of the Arizona Supreme Court.
In order for driverless cars to conquer the road, someone has to write the rules for their use. Right now, it’s not clear who that someone will be.
Rhode Island is likely the first U.S. state to toll truckers and use the money to fix its bridges, which are in the worst shape of any state.