Introduction How Will This Help? Provides additional funds for transportation. Increasing the statewide sales tax rate would provide funds to reduce traffic congestion and help maintain the safety and quality of Texas roads and bridges. Helps keep up with rising highway construction costs. Since 1991, roadway construction costs have almost doubled. Increasing the statewide sales […]
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Adding New Toll Roads
Description Toll roads use an alternative method to pay for construction costs: users of the facility pay instead of the public. Toll facilities (including roads, tunnels, and bridges) charge a fee when the user passes a collection point. Technological advances such as electronic plazas and virtual toll points (geofences) have replaced traditional toll booths. These […]
Indexed Motor Fuels Tax
Introduction How Will This Help? Issues Implementation Examples Lorem ipsum For More Information Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Building a Better Gas Tax: How to Fix One of State Government’s Least Sustainable Revenue Sources. December 2011. Legislative Budget Board. Texas Highway Funding: Legislative Primer. 83rd Texas Legislature, March 2013. Transportation Investment Advocacy Center. Variable-Rate […]
Drivers License Surcharge
Introduction How Will This Help? Implementation Examples Lorem Ipsum Issues For More Information Legislative Budget Board. Texas Highway Funding: Legislative Primer. 2013. Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Transportation Revenue Estimation and Needs Determination System (TRENDS). Minnesota House of Representatives. HF 1444. 2013.