Tag: gas tax: Page 14

Roadbuilding

The pros and cons of transportation funding options

Following transportation funding discussions at this week’s Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) Fly-In in Washington, D.C., Politico has reported the pros and cons of the four most popular money-raising options. Lawmakers at the Fly-In discussed four main options for funding infrastructure projects: implement a higher gas tax, enforce a vehicle-miles-traveled fee, expand oil and gas drilling […]

June 6, 2013

Business

Believe it or not, most Americans think good roads are more important than their iPhone or TV

To say the findings of a recent study reported on by our sister site Better Roads are a bit shocking is an understatement. Maybe the understatement of the year. Be honest. If you had access to a swath of the American population and could ask them what they value more than their iPhone or cable […]

June 5, 2013

Roadbuilding

Americans place high value on transportation

About 75 to 80 percent of Americans would prefer to have safe, efficient and well-maintained transportation infrastructure over cable, cell phone, internet, water, sewage and household electricity and natural gas services, according to a report from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. The findings come from a poll conducted to find the value Americans […]

May 30, 2013

Roadbuilding

Gas tax quiz

Pop quiz: What do you pay in federal fuel tax for every gallon of gas you buy? What percentage of the price of a gallon of gas comes from fuel taxes? No Googling! As the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy points out, Americans are woefully short of understanding the factors that make up the […]

May 23, 2013

Roadbuilding

Virginia governor signs transportation bill into effect

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell on Monday signed the state’s transportation bill into effect, CBS DC reported. The Road to the Future bill will enable sweeping, long-term funding for Virginia highway repairs and maintenance. It will replace the state’s 17.5 cent per gallon retail gas tax with a 3.5-percent wholesale tax on gasoline and a 6-percent […]

May 14, 2013

Business

Are Americans “not willing to pay” for longer-lasting roads?

Over at our sister site Better Roads, columnist Kirk Landers has put together a pretty interesting, and brutally honest, estimation of the glaring discrepancy between Americans’ calls for quality, longer-lasting roads and their willingness to pay for them. You see, it’s pothole season, the time of year when road crews all over the nation get […]

May 13, 2013

Roadbuilding

Minnesota cuts tax hikes from transportation bill

The Senate Tax Committee voted yesterday to remove tax increases from the Minnesota’s transportation finance bill, Minnesota Public Radio reported. The committee rejected and removed two particular provisions: a 7.5 cent per gallon tax increase for road and infrastructure maintenance and a 0.5 cent metro sales tax dedicated to state transit. Senator Scott Dibble–Senate Transportation […]

May 9, 2013

Roadbuilding

Egg Money: Would online sales taxes save us from higher fuel taxes?

You wanna pay this way, or you wanna pay that way? The Senate has voted in favor of the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would give each state the authority to compel online businesses to collect applicable taxes. The House has yet to tackle the issue. But we are already hearing arguments that if the House […]

May 8, 2013

Business

Majority of Americans favor tolls as source for transportation funding

A recent survey of American motorists confirms the feeling that most aren’t fond of the idea of gas taxes, finding that a majority, 43 percent, favor tolls instead as a method for raising transportation and infrastructure funding. The 2013 American THINKS Tolling Survey, conducted by HNTB corporation, surveyed 1,000 Americans and found that 43 percent […]

May 7, 2013

Roadbuilding

Americans prefer tolls to fund transportation projects

The majority of Americans–71 percent–would be willing to pay a higher toll fare to save time, according to the results of the America THINKS 2013 Tolling Survey from HNTB Corporation. The survey, which polled 1,000 Americans in late January, looked at ways Americans think of tolling, also found that more than 63 percent of respondents […]

May 6, 2013

Roadbuilding

Let’s start ramping up reauthorization pressure

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has, helpfully, stated the obvious. The CBO is essentially confirming for us that when reauthorization rolls about next September, MAP-21’s replacement, facing a nearly bankrupt Highway Trust Fund, will either have to dive into the General Fund (and fight with everyone else in Washington who has to dive into the […]

May 2, 2013

Roadbuilding

Massachusetts lawmakers work to resolve $500 million tax bill for transportation

Lawmakers in Massachusetts are meeting today to work on a tax bill that will raise $500 million for the state’s transportation system, Boston.com reported. The focus of today’s meeting is to resolve differences between the versions of the bill that each chamber has already passed. The bill calls for gas and cigarette tax increases.

May 2, 2013