Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Gas Tax

Don’t Waste the Next Two Years: A Blueprint for Reform Under GOP Control

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 16, 2010 | No Comments

So longtime chair James Oberstar is gone from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and the Republicans in charge now are unlikely to take up a transportation bill as expansive as the one he proposed last year. That doesn’t mean transportation advocates should take the next two years off. In “Moving Past Gridlock: A Proposal […]

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Deficit Commission Pushes For Anti-Sprawl Reforms

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 3, 2010 | No Comments

If political pandering and bad economic policies have encouraged sprawl and an autocentric transportation system, better incentives can start to correct past mistakes. Here’s one place to start: the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform report, released this Wednesday. The report has plenty to make anyone squirm. As co-chair Alan Simpson said when he […]

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Another Day, Another Revelation That a Gas Tax Hike Is Necessary

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 29, 2010 | No Comments

Add another vote in favor of increasing the gas tax to pay for infrastructure investment. A few weeks ago, a couple of senators proposed raising it 25 cents. Then the deficit commission came out in favor of a 15-cent hike. And now, three left-leaning think tanks – Demos, the Economic Policy Institute, and The Century […]

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Our Stagnant Gas Tax Rate Is Making the Deficit Worse

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 12, 2010 | No Comments

Despite the anti-tax rhetoric of this round of elections, there’s been a little flurry of support for raising the gas tax lately. Two senators just proposed bumping it by 25 cents to replenish the highway trust fund. And the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform included a gas tax hike in its proposal for […]

Fred Barnes: Americans Mainly Want to Stay in Their Cars

By Ben Fried | Nov 3, 2010 | 35 Comments

After yesterday’s electoral drubbing, the Obama administration will have to deal with a starkly different Congress when they make their expected push for a multi-year transportation bill early next year. We know that some influential House Republicans, like John Mica, don’t necessarily believe that bigger highways will solve America’s transportation problems. And we know that […]

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New Report Examines the Media’s Role in the Gas Tax Debate

By Elana Schor | May 26, 2010 | No Comments

Chart: University of Vermont Transportation Research Center The success of state-level plans to increase gas taxes is tied to the media’s portrayal of the proposals in question, with narratives tied to "crumbling infrastructure" and "economic progress" showing more success than those emphasizing long-term transportation budget gaps, according to a new report released by the University […]

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