When Governor Bob McDonnell signs HB 2313 into law, Virginia will become the first state to completely eliminate the retail fuel gas tax. As revenues from per-gallon fuel taxes continue to drop, states are searching for ways to bolster their transportation revenues.
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How do you get there from here?
Fuel taxes are no longer a good way of funding the transportation system. With increasing fuel efficiency and new fuels powering transportation, the fuel tax as we know it is not sustainable. Two national commissions …
Higher gear: To fund transportation, congress should tax travel, bot fuel
Paul Sorenson, Liisa Ecola, and Martin Wachs argue for funding highways by using a tax on miles traveled, rather than the current method of a tax on fuel: “Better fuel economy is good for the …
Pennsylvania Transportation Funding Advisory Commission
The Pennsylvania Transportation Funding Advisory Commission’s recent report found that “due to increasing vehicle fuel efficiency, Pennsylvania now collects less fuel tax revenue per mile traveled than it has at any time in the past. …
Policy options for reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. transportation: No silver bullet
Transportation accounts for 2/3 of the nation’s oil consumption and produces between ¼ and 1/3 of all the CO2 emitted from the nation’s energy consumption. TRB established a special committee of experts to explore policy …