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.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Gas Tax
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?)
Ten Simple Policies to Subtract Cars From Our Streets
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Want less road carnage? We need fewer cars on the roads. Here are some tools cities are already using (and should consider using) to save lives and reduce auto use.
Drivers Pay 4x More For Cell Phones Than Roads
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The average American spends over four times as much on their cell phone bill as they do on gas tax.
Trump Shifts Obama Transit Funding to Roads
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Obama allocated 28 percent of federal grants to transit. It's 8.5 percent under Trump. And funding for bike and pedestrian projects dropped to zero.
It’s Progressives vs. Labor over Transportation Money
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It's the latest battle for the soul of the Democratic party.