Americans Gassed Up This Summer

Nov. 3, 2016 – A lot of gas tax money was collected this summer. U.S. gasoline consumption rose to 9.7 million barrels a day in June, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). That’s a new one-month high, exceeding the last one established in July 2007, when consumption hit 9.6 million barrels a day. For all of summer 2016,…

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Miles Traveled Vs. Gas Tax

Sept. 6, 2016 – With $14.2 million in grants awarded to seven states, The Federal Highway Administration has started to roll out its small FAST Act-funded program to test out vehicle miles traveled as a replacement for the gas tax. Concerns over electronic reporting, privacy and fairness to rural areas have held back any plans for nationwide use of a VMT…

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Getting Schooled in Infrastructure

By Mark S. Kuhar The “Getting Schooled in Infrastructure” school bus tour kicked off at the now-closed I-495 bridge in Wilmington, Del., with a real school bus that has been crushed and carries a prop resembling a large piece of a fallen bridge. The bus will travel through more than 22 cities and Congressional districts. The prop is part of…

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Senators Offer Bold Plan to Increase Gas Tax

U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) unveiled the first bipartisan proposal to shore up the Highway Trust Fund by making changes to the federal motor fuels tax, which funds improvements to roads, bridges and transit systems. The proposal would create a long-term, stable funding mechanism for the Highway Trust Fund and enact tax relief for American families…

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Ringing the Alarm Bells

August 23, 2014 – The Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) has been ringing alarm bells about the Highway Trust Fund for more than a year. New numbers released by the Congressional Budget Office project the fund will run out of money by the end of August, which could cause significant disruptions during the busy summer construction season. AED stresses that the precarious…

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