Transportation Policy

The Tax Foundation Responds to the Antiplanner 0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- January 22, 2013
Last Thursday, January 17, the Tax Foundation (TF) issued a paper arguing that only 32 percent of state and local highway costs were paid out of user fees, while the remaining costs came from “general funds.” In a post here, I pointed out that, actually, user fees for highways cover 76 percent of the costs […]
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Blumenauer Endorses Vehicle-Mile Fees 0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- January 21, 2013
Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) has introduced a bill directing the Department of Transportation to start vehicle-mile fee pilot programs in every state and authorizing $150 million to fund the program. Since privacy is a major concern for many people, Blumenauer’s bill wisely makes protection of personal privacy a top priority of the program. Oregon’s bicycle-riding, […]
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Getting Highway Numbers Right 0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- January 18, 2013
“Gasoline taxes and tolls pay for only a third of state and local road spending,” claims a report released yesterday by the Tax Foundation, a supposedly independent, non-partisan group. “The rest was financed out of general revenues.” According to the group’s calculations, users paid just $49 billion of the $155 billion cost of roads in […]
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Kansas City Spared Light-Rail Vote 0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- January 16, 2013
Kansas City voters won’t get a chance to vote on light rail despite the fact that proponents gathered enough signatures to put it on the ballot. The court that rejected the measure said that the plan was unworkable because it didn’t provide enough money to build the mandated rail lines. A light-rail fanatic named Clay […]
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