gas tax

We can’t keep pumping new money into a broken system and expect a different result.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has already signaled that he will oppose significantly altering the gas tax, which is currently 18.3 cents per gallon. He should relent. Here's why.

All kinds of transportation projects will get funding from the gas tax. Both CalSTA and the CTC are ready to make allocations.

Ignoring constituents, Union City's city council voted unanimously to divert $163 million to build a new four-lane, three-mile $320 million highway connector

Can taxes on driving mileage replace gas taxes as a source of transportation funds? Right now the state of Oregon is testing a mileage tax with an opt-in pilot program called "OreGo." Participants install a device that tracks their driving and pay 1.5 cents per mile, which is assessed from a special account.

Editor's note: Earlier this week, the L.A. Times published an article by usually no-nonsense columnist George Skelton, who, after being "tortured" by a road closure for a triathlon, called for California cyclists to pay a registration fee to support road infrastructure. Skelton asserted that "[cyclists] have been freeloading off motorists who pay gas taxes." Numerous analyses have shown that gas taxes fall short of paying for automotive infrastructure; car facilities, from freeways to parking, are subsidized by general purpose fees and taxes paid for by motorists and non-motorists alike. Friend of the blog Richard Risemberg submitted the following guest editorial that addresses these issues.

Cross-posted from the Frontier Group ...

Bills have started moving through committees in both houses of the California legislature as the hearing season starts.