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FUEL TAXES * USA - Commission calls for dramatic increase, to pay for sub-standard infrastructure
Washington,DC,USA -Truck News (CAN), by Adam Ledlow -15 Jan 2008: -- A recent report by the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission has drawn both praise and criticism from the American trucking community... The report calls for, among other things, the increase of fuel taxes by as much as 40 cents per gallon to pay for infrastructure improvements. The report says that an annual investment of $225 billion is necessary over the next 50 years to update the current system to a state of good repair. Less than 40% of this total is currently being spent, according to the commission... The American Trucking Associations has commended the efforts of the commission "for its hard work and dedication to analyzing the future infrastructure needs of the nation"... The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) however, disagreed with the commission's call to increase fuel taxes, saying instead that there needs to be a restructuring of the way money from the Highway Trust Fund is used... "They need to show us the money," says Todd Spencer, executive vice-president of OOIDA. "Where it's going, how it is being used, what are our true national needs, how the system is going to be cleaned up top to bottom, and then we'll talk about paying more"... "Truckers pay enormous sums into the Highway Trust Fund, contributing as much as 36% of it, and deserve better than just 'a new beginning' – which really just means paying even more money"...
* USA - Commission debated fuel tax increase vs. highway privatization
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine -January 14, 2008: -- Trucking officials have a theory about why a federal commission prefers a fuel-tax increase to fund future highway improvements... It’s as simple as knowing who is on the commission, one official says... The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission is scheduled to publish its recommendations on Tuesday, Jan. 15, leading up to committee hearings in the U.S. House and Senate... The 12 commissioners with varying backgrounds debated whether to recommend an increase in fuel taxes – the traditional method of maintaining a highway trust fund – or the Bush Administration’s push to privatize and/or toll more highways...
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