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Roadbuilding

Mississippi Lt. Gov. Reeves rejects statewide gas tax hike, supports bond bill

Missisppi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday at the Stennis Capitol Press Corps luncheon in Jackson that he won’t support raising the state’s gas tax but would support a bond bill that is less than $200 million, ClarionLedger.com reports. Reeves told luncheon attendees that maintenance of transportation infrastructure in necessary for public safety and economic […]

January 7, 2014

Business

New bill would nearly double the federal gas tax to better fund transportation

While one duo of Congressmen contends that the gasoline tax should reduced by 80 percent and federal transportation funding eliminated altogether, another lawmaker has introduced a bill that would nearly double the gas tax, according to a report from The Hill. In a little more than a two week span we’ve seen just how differing […]

December 5, 2013

Business

Bill calls for the elimination of federal transportation funding

While most are trying to figure out a way to free up more federal funding for transportation, two Congressmen have introduced a bill that would cut it altogether. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. Tom Graves (R-Georgia) have filed the Transportation Empowerment Act (TEA), according to our sister site Better Roads. The bill calls for […]

November 18, 2013

Business

IBTTA report busts 5 myths about highway tolling’s ability to fund infrastructure

A new report from the  International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA), argues that tolling is a viable solution to America’s transportation funding dilemma. The report is summed up in a recent post by our friends over at Better Roads. Congress has transferred more than $53 billion from the general fund to the transportation fund in order to compensate […]

November 4, 2013

Roadbuilding

Ignore the potholes; re-elect me!

Think of it as a NIMBP problem. As in a Not In My Back Pocket problem. [You know the NIMBY problem of course: yes we want you to build that horrible/dangerous/smelly —–, just Not in My Backyard] Americans want more money to be spent on our roads and bridges. They just don’t want to be […]

August 2, 2013

Business

Surveys find Americans willing to support 10-cent fuel tax increase to maintain roads

Ever wonder why some research studies show substantial public support for increased fuel taxes and other studies show the opposite? It turns out, it’s all in how you ask the question. Exhaustive proof of that is provided in the Mineta Transportation Institute’s fourth annual survey of public opinion about paying additional taxes to support transportation […]

August 1, 2013

Roadbuilding

Your Swine Airlines flight is ready for departure

This is a fact: Gas taxes go up. All across the country they go up. Despite what you might think from listening to Washington politicians, they do go up. This week they go up. And they go up for a variety of reasons. But they go up. For politicians elected to national office to dig […]

July 1, 2013

Roadbuilding

The cost of gasoline: Them and us

Now this is a fun table to play with. I’m all for this sort of interactivity if I know how to work it and it is not built solely for software developers, MBAs and chess champions. Bloomberg looks at countries around the world and tell us in data from each country (a) the average price […]

June 25, 2013

Roadbuilding

Guest Blog: Electric vehicles are becoming a taxing problem

A recent article on CNN‘s website called attention to efforts by a handful of states to collect infrastructure revenues from electric vehicles (EVs), which operate without gasoline or diesel fuel and thus do not contribute to road and bridge budgets.         The article detailed how Washington State legislators passed a $100 annual flat tax on EVs […]

June 14, 2013

Roadbuilding

Gas Tax 101: 1932 – 2013

We talk gas tax all day long in this industry. We hear arguments that it should increase (I make many of them) or that it should remain where it is (largely because it would be political suicide to raise it). But this Forbes piece is a short, succinct summary of the Federal gas tax from […]

June 11, 2013

Roadbuilding

States combat low gas tax revenues with hybrid-, electric-vehicle fees

In an attempt to battle lost taxes due to increased hybrid and electric car use, six states are working to create laws to tax fuel-efficient vehicles, Automotive News and Bloomberg reported. Electric and hybrid car sales have continuously risen in the last decade, while state and local gas tax revenues have fallen. In fact, inflation-adjusted […]

June 10, 2013

Business

A pros-and-cons overview of available options for funding transportation infrastructure

The partial collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River near Seattle has put a big and bright spotlight on the need for more funding for transportation and infrastructure needs in this country. Now attention turns to the lawmakers tasked with figuring it out. During a meeting in Washington, D.C. of the Transportation […]

June 10, 2013