Gas tax

A gas guzzler tax is imposed on passenger cars that don’t meet minimum federal fuel efficiency standards.

The proposed $1 trillion infrastructure package includes a provision that would study the potential for a “driving tax” of 8 cents per mile.

What Are We Paying For? Gasoline Price Breakdown.

The Highway Trust Fund (HTF) is a central piece of a multiyear surface transportation reauthorization bill that Congress is negotiating to replace the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has opened the application process for $225 million in grants available to ports for infrastructure improvements. Plus, coronavirus idles containers, China outbound volumes are dropping, and Arizona’s gas tax hike is in trouble.

President walks out abruptly following cover-up allegations

Getting Trump to support raising the gas tax would be a major step toward passing an infrastructure bill.

Railroads – like trucking – will be focusing on solving the Highway Trust Fund problem this year. But could a Green New Deal become a competitive selling point?

Lots of ideas for federal funding of infrastructure at Capitol Hill hearing, but the “pay-for” question still looms.

The Congressional Budget Office reveals latest stats on the diminishing Highway Trust Fund as Congress plans to consider new ways to pay for highway infrastructure.

The biggest hurdle to making an infrastructure plan work is figuring out how to pay for it. A Washington D.C. think tank says Congress is ready to consider mileage-based user fees.

Freight lobbyists are banking on leadership changes in the 116th Congress to pave the way for infrastructure financing that stalled during the first half of Trump’s administration.

The “leaked” plan calls for liberalizing tolling policy and allowing states to commercialize interstate rest areas, among other things, as a means of funding infrastructure.

This Week in Trucking, the U.S. and China have announced a trade deal centering on natural gas, financial services and beef. Also, a renewed push is on to approve hair testing in driver drug screenings and the rapid rise in last-mile delivery services is leading to plenty of new entries to the market.