The Economic Case for a National Per-Mile Driving Fee
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The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Highway Trust Fund will run out of money again in 2015. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) presented a menu of transportation funding options and assesses the options based on revenue potential. This articles reviews the report, and compares the revenue generating potential of increasing the gas tax or sales tax versus implementing a mileage-based fee.
Rhode Island secures transportation funding minus Sakonnet Bridge tolls
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This article provides a brief review of the transportation funding solution that legislators in Rhode Island were able to work out. Because of popular resistance to the idea of tolls, tolling was removed from being a future transportation funding solution. Instead they opted for a dedicated revenue stream from increased fuel taxes and vehicle fees.