Vehicle miles 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.

An ATRI study shows how electric vehicles can be taxed to keep the Highway Trust Fund from going bankrupt.

Connecticut’s governor is expected to approve a 17.5-cents-per-mile tax on large trucks.

Congress is considering several options to keep the Highway Trust Fund afloat.

Experts warned lawmakers of industry backlash if trucking is singled out to save the nearly bankrupt highway trust fund

An American Transportation Research Institute study finds the cost to deploy and collect a vehicle-miles-traveled tax would be 300 times more than the current fuel tax.

Congressman Sam Graves proposes using the Postal Service to test a new bridge and highway funding effort.

A year after studying nuclear verdicts in truck crashes, the American Transportation Research Institute is focusing on smaller verdicts as its top research priority while also looking behind the scenes of rising truck insurance premiums.

Raising tax by 15 cents a gallon is needed before transitioning to mileage-based fee, according to lobbying group.

Buttigieg proposal part of candidate’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan.

The American Trucking Associations urges a federal fuel tax increase to pay for infrastructure improvements, but ATA President Chris Spear sees that approach evolving in the next decade.

Raising the gas tax a priority despite pushback by conservatives.

ATA points out that the proposal, to be officially unveiled on Capitol Hill this week, makes several wrong assumptions.

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?

The Congressional Budget Office revealed the latest deficits it tracks for the Highway Trust Fund as Congress plans to debate new ways to pay for infrastructure.

Carriers are not the only ones benefiting from the current freight environment, so are freight brokers.