Published: February 26, 2009
A commission established by Congress to study options for financing the nation’s roads and bridges recommended on Thursday raising the federal gas tax by 10 cents a gallon.
In a report, the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission cited a “crisis” of neglect for infrastructure, and also called for an eventual switch to a tax based on miles driven, rather than gasoline consumed.
Raising the federal gas tax, now 18.4 cents a gallon, is so politically tricky that the idea has gone nowhere in 16 years. The tax is the main source of federal dollars for fixing roads and bridges. The commission said that a 10-cent increase would cost the average household $9 a month extra.
The report also called for raising the federal diesel tax, now 24.4 cents a gallon, by 15 cents
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