Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Gas Tax

Flashback: Ronald Reagan Touts Gas Tax Hike, Transit Funding as Job Creators

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 16, 2012 | No Comments

On January 6, 1983, the icon of the modern conservative movement, Ronald Reagan, signed legislation to raise the gas tax for the first time in more than two decades, devoting a portion of the revenue to transit. We’ve been reading about this moment a lot, as the current GOP leadership in the House tries to […]

Transit’s Not Bleeding the Taxpayer Dry — Roads Are

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 12, 2011 | No Comments

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Roads don’t pay for themselves. But maybe they should. The latest evidence comes from the State Smart Transportation Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Along with the smart growth group 1,000 Friends of Wisconsin, SSTI published a study in October [PDF] showing that “between 41 and […]

Even the Godfather of Rail~Volution Wouldn’t Raise the Gas Tax Right Now

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 19, 2011 | No Comments

At Rail~Volution yesterday, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) — also known as the godfather of the “rail~volution” — said even he wouldn’t raise the gas tax right now. “We should make some adjustments to a gas tax that hasn’t increased since 1993,” Blumenauer said. “Half the people think the gas tax goes up every year.” He […]

House and Senate Agree on 6-Month Transpo Extension

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 12, 2011 | No Comments

Just days after a Senate committee asked the full chamber to consider a four-month extension of SAFETEA-LU, new negotiations have replaced that idea with a six-month extension at current spending levels. The bill also extends the gas tax. Over the weekend, the House and Senate decided to combine the long-overdue FAA reauthorization with the pending […]

It’s Official: Congress’s Next Spitting Contest Will Be Over the Gas Tax

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 11, 2011 | No Comments

Since the 112th Congress convened in January, the federal government almost shut down, the government almost defaulted on its debts, and the FAA was temporarily shuttered. It’s the Crisis Congress, thriving on the chaos of catastrophe. Next up: a bruising fight over funding the transportation system. A few weeks ago, Ben Smith at Politico mentioned […]

GM CEO: “We Ought to Just Slap a Dollar Tax on a Gallon of Gas”

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 8, 2011 | No Comments

Well, it’s unanimous – everyone agrees the country needs a significant hike in the gas tax. Everyone outside of Congress, that is. Last week, General Motors CEO Dan Akerson told The Detroit News that a higher gas tax would help solidify the market for more fuel-efficient cars. Akerson told The Detroit News that, rather than […]

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