AAA poll finds 52 percent are willing to pay higher fuel taxes for better roads.
By Douglas Newcomb 20 hours ago
While elected officials in Washington are in the midst of a typical political tug-of-war over transportation funding,
a new survey finds that more than half of drivers are willing to spend
more on gas taxes at the pump to help pay for roadway infrastructure
improvements. According to poll results released this week by AAA, 52 percent of respondents said they were “willing to pay higher fuel taxes per month on average for better roads, bridges and mass transit systems."
The current 18.4-cent-per-gallon federal gas tax hasn’t been increased since 1993. AAA and other transportation groups have urged lawmakers to raise the federal gas tax, one of the primary sources of funding for roadway infrastructure. AAA also pointed out that when inflation and improvements in overall fuel economy are factored in, the purchasing power of the current tax has been cut almost in half over the past 21 years.
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