Issue / Fuel tax
U.S. Gasoline Use Hit All-Time High in FY 2022
Oct 20, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe volume of motor gasoline in the United States hit an all-time high in the just-completed fiscal year 2022, with oil companies...
Eno Launches New Research Initiative to Help Define Parameters for a National VMT Fee Pilot
Sep 16, 2022 | Paul LewisWhat if we charged drivers by the miles they drove rather than the gallons of fuel their cars consume? Perhaps more importantly, how...
Gas Price Decreases Track Crude Oil Price
Aug 04, 2022 | Jeff DavisGasoline prices have dropped 80 cents per gallon in the last two months, with prices outside large cities poised to go below $4.00 per...
White House Endorses 3-Month Gasoline Tax Holiday
Jun 22, 2022 | Jeff DavisPresident Biden today endorsed a three-month suspension of the 18.4 cent-per-gallon federal excise tax on gasoline. The President made...
Biden Calls on Congress to Enact 3-month Gas Tax Holiday
Jun 22, 2022 | Jeff Davis“All this does is make the trust fund even more dependent on the general fund [for maintaining roads and bridges], as opposed to...
Annual Update: Lost Gas Tax Purchasing Power, 2021 Edition
Jun 10, 2022 | Jeff DavisWith the related release of the final 2021 highway construction cost inflation number by the Federal Highway Administration, we can...
Amidst Record-High Gas Prices, House Passes Anti-Gouging Bill; Senate Committee Will Consider More Limited Bill Next Week
May 20, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday to make "unconscionably excessive" or "unreasonably" high gas prices illegal,...
Gasoline Prices Rise Again, Diesel Supplies Tightening in Northeast
May 13, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives is scheduled to vote next week on a bill making it a federal crime to sell gasoline at an "unconscionably...
What Is A Fuel Tax Holiday And Why It May Help
Mar 23, 2022 | Jeff DavisWhile a fuel tax holiday seems like a win all around, there are potential fallacies that could erupt for the seemingly...
Transportation Experts Skeptical Of Gas Tax Holiday As Prices Increase
Mar 21, 2022 | Robert Puentes“The public policy can only affect a small piece of it, which is the tax part,” Puentes said. “And so I'm just skeptical that...
Will Congress Follow State Lead and Address High Gasoline Prices?
Mar 18, 2022 | Jeff DavisWhen the House of Representatives returns the week after next, House Democratic leaders will have to decide if they want to give their...
Politicians and Experts Debate Whether Gas Tax Holidays are Worthwhile
Mar 16, 2022 | Jeff DavisSeveral Democratic U.S. senators are calling to suspend the federal gas tax. Such proposals are not a surprise, says Jeff Davis...