Tag: Highway Trust Fund

Voices
POLL: Is it time to raise the fuel tax to fund highways?
An Oregon Democrat and a Wisconsin Republican recently joined forces in the House of Representatives to push a 15-cent fuel-tax hike introduced last year.
December 5, 2014
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Fuel-tax hike for highway funding eyed in Senate finance committee
A plan to keep federal highway funding solvent through December no longer includes a hike in the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax hike, but has been amended to increase the fuel tax.
June 26, 2014
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Fuel tax hike proposed in Senate to shore up highway funding
A proposal in the Senate is pursing the oft-cited and trucking-backed solution for shoring up the Highway Trust Fund: an increase in the tax on diesel and gasoline at the pump.
June 19, 2014
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Ray Lahood: Raise the fuel tax to return nation to ‘envy of the world’ on infrastructure
Speaking to attendees of the ALK Transportation Technology Summit in Princeton, N.J., former United States Department of Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood made a case for raising the federal fuel tax by 10 cents a gallon and indexing the level to inflation going forward.
May 21, 2014
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Channel 19
Throwing tomatoes at fuel-tax-hike bill
Any fuel-tax hike must come with “iron clad’ provisions on misuse of funds for purposes other than highways, readers note — meantime, the recent tax-hike bill’s chances of passing?….
December 7, 2013
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Overdrive Extra
Where’s the ‘public outcry’ for better roads and bridges?
One primary problem with road and bridge improvements and expansions is that the Highway Trust Fund is going broke.
November 26, 2013
Having to deal with congested roads on a daily basis is one of the factors that makes professional driving so difficult, said fleet executive Joe Cowan. Funding for highway improvements, already considered years behind, could get much worse.
Business
Energy, infrastructure hot issues at fleet conference
At the Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference attendant to GATS, the bedrock trucking issues of energy and infrastructure funding were front and center.
August 28, 2013
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Vehicle miles tax needs to be studied before implemented, GAO says
The Government Accountability Office recommended creating a pilot program to research mileage fees targeted at creating new revenue for the Highway Trust Fund, echoing recently introduced House legislation.
January 11, 2013
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Congress eyes replacing excise tax with diesel tax
The 12 percent tax on new truck purchases could be replaced with a diesel tax increase of 6.4 cents per gallon.
April 4, 2012
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House GOP seeks to pass transportation bill by Dec. 31
Bill links funding from energy production with highway infrastructure.
November 18, 2011
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LogBook
New regulations will increase truck cost, owner-operator pay expected to rise, natural gas trucks catching on and other industry news items are featured.
September 1, 2011
New truck fuel efficiency rules will cut fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions beginning with 2014 models.
Business
Federal fuel taxes to expire
Federal taxes on diesel fuel, truck tires, heavy equipment and heavy-vehicle road use are set to expire Sept. 30 unless Congress acts.
August 8, 2011
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