31 Alerts From the Gas Tax Tag

Funding for Road Infrastructure–Never Seems to be Enough: NMA E-Newsletter #721

November 6, 2022 • Congestion Pricing, Electric Vehicle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, Highway Trust Fund, infrastructure, Infrastructure Funding, LEGISLATION, mileage-based user fee, NEWSLETTER, NMA, Road User Charge, VMT, VMT Tax, WHEEL TAX

Out of the many transportation problems America currently faces, funding infrastructure remains at the top of the pile. Currently, we pay at the pump both a national and state gas tax and in many local counties and cities around the country, we also pay special sales taxes and wheel taxes for infrastructure. It never seems […]

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NMA Legislative Roundup – January-June, 2022: NMA E-Newsletter #705

July 17, 2022 • CELL PHONE, Drone, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Facial Recognition, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, LANE COURTESY, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, Photo Enforcement, Red-Light Cameras, School Bus Stop Arm Cameras, Speed Cameras, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets

The January through June legislative activity at the state and national levels is complete. It is worth reviewing a report card of bills resolved during the period, motorist-related legislation that we followed. Overall, 38 bills that the NMA supported or opposed met the fate we desired as opposed to 21 that went against our wishes. […]

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Infrastructure Urgency, Part 3: NMA E-Newsletter #662

September 19, 2021 • Congestion Pricing, Electric Vehicle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Fuel Tax, Gas Tax, GPS, GPS TRACKING, infrastructure, Infrastructure Funding, LEGISLATION, Motorcycle, NEWSLETTER, NMA, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, Road User Charge, TOLLING, tolls, VMT, VMT Tax, WHEEL TAX

Layered levels of taxation are nothing new to motorists. The gas tax, road tolls, congestion pricing, registration fees, and even wheel taxes are commonplace. Congress is looking at us hungrily again as being ripe for the picking as it debates the final details of desperately needed transportation infrastructure funding. The idea is not new. In […]

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Overland Park, KS: Future of US Highway 69 and the Proposed Express Toll Lanes: NMA E-Newsletter #647

June 6, 2021 • Congestion Pricing, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ETL, Gas Tax, KANSAS, LEGISLATION, MASS TRANSIT, NEWSLETTER, NMA, Road Diets, TOLL, Toll Roads, TOLLING, TRAFFIC CALMING, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, Traffic Safety

By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director On a recent Saturday evening, I spoke at a concerned-citizen Zoom meeting on the planned express toll lanes for US Highway 69 in Overland Park, Kansas. In researching the topic and listening to local residents and commuters, I thought it would be appropriate to write about the difficulty in […]

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Should We Lean into a Federal Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax?: NMA E-Newsletter #643

May 9, 2021 • AUTO INDUSTRY, CALIFORNIA, Electric Vehicle, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Gas Tax, GPS, infrastructure, Infrastructure Funding, LEGISLATION, MINNESOTA, NEWSLETTER, NMA, OREGON, PRIVACY, REVENUE GENERATION, Road Usage Charge, Road User Charge, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, VMT Tax, WASHINGTON

Most experts agree that the way America funds infrastructure is broken. Many of our roads are in terrible shape. The Highway Trust Fund is nearly empty. Many local governments have difficulty paying for year-round road maintenance. The reasons vary. The federal and state gas taxes have never been adjusted for inflation. Many states divert funds […]

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