Analyzes the history, political context, and future plausibility of the claim that highways pay for themselves through "user fees" such as gasoline taxes. Calls for investing in transportation systems based on comprehensive cost-benefit analyses.
Title: Do Roads Pay for Themselves? Setting the Record Straight on Transportation Funding
Publication date 2010-12-31
Publication Year 2010
Authors
Benjamin Davis
, Phineas Baxandall
, Tony Dutzik
Copyright holder(s)
U. S. PIRG Education Fund
Geographical Focus
North America / United States
Keywords
user fees
, gasoline
, highway
, gas tax
, tax
Document type
Report/Whitepaper
Language
English
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