Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Paying for the Nation’s Transportation Infrastructure through Program Reform and User-Pay Mechanisms

When asked whether transportation funding is raised and spent in a way that reflects how we actually use the highway system Emil Frankel points out, in his latest National Journal blog entry, that the federal gasoline tax no longer provides a sustainable and adequate source of revenue for investment, nor does it serve as an adequate proxy for use.

Mr. Frankel points out that America's transportation system is currently under priced and over utilized. We need to consider certain costs and benefits that we don’t currently take into account when devising funding options. Improving user-pay funding mechanisms, accurately related to the full cost of providing transportation services and of maintaining and restoring the transportation infrastructure, is necessary.

Check out Emil’s full blog entry, as well as the entries and opinions of other leading transportation policy stakeholders, here.

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