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Analysis Finds Shifting Trends in Highway Funding: User Fees Make Up Decreasing Share http://bit.ly/504akU 11/24/2009 |
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Analysis Finds Shifting Trends in Highway Funding: http://www.subsidyscope.com/transportation/highways/funding/ 11/24/2009 |
New Report: Road Funding From Non-Road Users Doubled in 25 Years
Streetsblog New York City —
... Image: Subsidyscope
The myth that U.S. roads "pay for themselves" thanks to user fees is a subject that's likely familiar to many Streetsblog readers -- but just how much of the nation's highway funding is provided by charging ...
New Report: Road Funding From Non-Road Users Doubled in 25 Years
Streetsblog Los Angeles —
... (Image: Subsidyscope)
The myth
that U.S. roads "pay for themselves" thanks to user fees is a subject
that's likely familiar to many Streetsblog Capitol Hill readers -- but
just how much of the nation's highway funding is provided by ...
Breakfast links: Sharing is caring
Greater Greater Washington —
Photo by mpilote.by David Alpert DC close to deal with Bixi?: Canadian news site Cyberpresse profiles (in French) Montreal-based bike sharing program Bixi. The English automated translation says DC is "preparing to sign an agreement" with Bixi.
In his recent live chat, Gabe Klein ...
Saturday Morning Ride (11/28/09)
TheWashCycle —
... any promises. The other bike-related news for 17th Street is that individual
parking meters will be removed, to be replaced by multispace meters. To
make up for lost bike parking, new U-racks are included in the plan,
but DDOT staff last night were unable to say whether this change will
result in a net gain or net loss of bike parking on the street. Those of us who don't pay gas taxes (i.e. users fees) still pay quite a bit for roads. So reports Subsidyscope. in 2007, 51 percent of the nation's $193 billion set aside for ...
Fuel tax pays less and less of roads' cost
Spokes 'n' Folks —
... economy, "Forty years ago, user fees amounted to 71 percent of revenues spent on roads. Today, user fee revenue as a share of total highway-related funds is at an all-time low since the Interstate Highway System was created in 1957. A complete data set of highway revenue by source is available for download. In 2007, non-user revenues contributed $70 billion to the highway system. By comparison, this contribution totaled $26 billion in 1967 (in 2007 dollars)." You can read more at Subsidyscope.com , a project supported by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Of course, since most ...
