States are either raising or looking to raise their gasoline taxes either to fund their state’s budgets or to maintain and improve their roads and bridges
Many states have or are considering raising their gasoline taxes, in most cases to pay for rehabilitating their roads and bridges. About 20 states have increased their gasoline taxes or recalculated their gasoline-tax formulas recently to generate funds for maintaining roads and bridges, and at least a dozen more are considering such changes. A poll shows most U.S. residents are in agreement with gasoline tax increases, but only if they are used to pay for infrastructure improvements. The federal government’s gasoline tax is part of the U.S. Highway Trust Fund and Congress has used that money for both infrastructure and other transportation projects, including mass transit. Former President Obama tried a $10-tax on a barrel of oil for green transportation projects that failed in Congress. It would have increased the gasoline tax about 25 cents a gallon.
