Tag: Interstate tolls

Roadbuilding
Interstate tolling gains new enemy in big-business group
There’s no question about the need to find a way to fund repairs to highways and infrastructure across the nation, particularly after an especially harsh winter left potholes and other damage on countless roads. Related: Reason Foundation: Value-added tolling is ‘better deal’ for drivers than gas tax And even before winter storms scarred roads, the [
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April 8, 2014
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Business
CHARTS: Americans don’t pay enough for roads
A great report from The Atlantic Cities brings two charts into focus that do a great job of illustrating why American infrastructure is struggling. The charts were put together by Juan Gomez and JosĂ© Manuel Vassallo for the Journal of Infrastructure Systems and compile data gathered between 2004 and 2009.   The first chart compares the United States’ [
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September 23, 2013
Credit: Juan Gomez and José Manuel Vassallo
Business
Resason Foundation proposes per-mile tolling of U.S. Interstate system as a “fair” source of infrastructure funding
According to a report from our sister site Better Roads, the Reason Foundation, citing of the Internet Highway System, has proposed tolling interstates and charging 3.5 cents per mile for cars and 14 cents per mile for trucks. The Interstate system makes up only 2.5 percent of all miles of highway in the U.S., but carries [
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September 18, 2013
Interstate 90 in Boston
Roadbuilding
Study proposes implementing per-mile tolls on U.S. interstate system
In an attempt to provide a solution to America’s transportation funding problems, the Reason Foundation has proposed tolling interstates and charging 3.5 cents per mile for cars and 14 cents per mile for trucks. The Reason Foundation, a libertarian nonprofit organization that researches public policy, revealed the proposal Thursday with its study, “Interstate 2.0: Modernizing the [
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September 13, 2013
traffic congestion
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