What Would Newsom’s “Gas Tax Inflation Adjustment Holiday” Really Mean?
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Newsom proposes to pause the scheduled gas tax adjustment for inflation this year. What good would that do - and what harm?
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Gas Tax
Study: A Road Pricing Scheme That Actually Cuts Driving
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Participants in a study who received cash for choosing modes of transport that are most beneficial to society ended up driving far less than study participants who did not get the reward — a finding that suggests that the U.S. could reduce many car trips if existing auto-centric incentives were altered.
Calif. Expands Equitable VMT Pilot
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Among the many, many bills recently signed by Governor Newsom is S.B. 339, an extension of a pilot program to test a road-user charge as a way to fund transportation. The idea is that drivers would pay a per-mile fee, thus theoretically paying a fair share of road maintenance needs. That is, those who drive […]
It's Time to End The 80-20 Split
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A single, 38-year-old transportation law has locked America into a car-dominated status quo for far too long — and advocates believe the next congress could be the ones to finally get our country out of the 1980s for good.
How Raising Gas Taxes Prevents COVID Carmageddon
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Raising the city gas tax a few cents a gallon would help deter unnecessary car trips while addressing the budget shortfall, without causing undue fiscal pain for residents.
Americans Want Drivers Who Drive More to Pay More
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People are starting to get behind a VMT tax. (Um, so what's a vehicle miles traveled tax?)