gas-tax

To fund a $40 billion backlog in transportation projects, Sen. Robert J. Garagiola D-Montgomery has proposed a 10-cent hike in the state gas tax, a gas-tax inflation index starting in 2013 and a 50 percent increase in vehicle registration costs.

At midpoint, where Md. legislative session is headed remains wide open 2011

To fund a $40 billion backlog in transportation projects, Sen. Robert J. Garagiola D-Montgomery has proposed a 10-cent hike in the state gas tax, a gas-tax inflation index starting in 2013 and a 50 percent increase in vehicle registration costs.

At midpoint, where Md. legislative session is headed remains wide open 2011

States are pushing higher gas taxes to pay for infrastructure, reports Josh Mitchell: The gas-tax proposal, being pitched by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, would have drivers at the pump pay an 8.4% tax on a gallon of gas instead of the current 18. 4-cent tax.

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To fund a $40 billion backlog in transportation projects, Sen. Robert J. Garagiola D-Montgomery has proposed a 10-cent hike in the state gas tax, a gas-tax inflation index starting in 2013 and a 50 percent increase in vehicle registration costs.

At midpoint, where Md. legislative session is headed remains wide open 2011

Rather than being bamboozled by the smoke and mirrors of CAFE's technological mandates, consumers would learn from a gas-tax hike exactly what government was doing to them.

Why Your New Car Doesn't Have a Spare Tire Sam Kazman 2011

Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.) and James Inhofe (R., Okla.), gas-tax revenue would fund all but $12 billion of the bill, and senators are trying to find savings in other programs to plug the gap.

Roads Bill Gets Another Look Josh Mitchell 2011

Multiyear highway bills are typically financed by gas-tax revenue.

Highway Measure Falling Victim to Budget Pressures Josh Mitchell 2011

Lawmakers would still need to plug a $12 billion shortfall under that bill, because gas-tax revenue is falling.

Highway Measure Falling Victim to Budget Pressures Josh Mitchell 2011

There could even be talk of devoting its proceeds to green technology, but these promises could be forgotten as gas-tax revenues disappear into general revenues.

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Rather than being bamboozled by the smoke and mirrors of CAFE's technological mandates, consumers would learn from a gas-tax hike exactly what government was doing to them.

Why Your New Car Doesn't Have a Spare Tire Sam Kazman 2011