For the past 20 years, transportation practitioners and researchers have known that the fuel tax was no longer a sustainable revenue source to fund the reconstruction, expansion, and maintenance of the nation’s roads and bridges. I’ve referred to the gas tax as similar to an aging rockstar on his farewell tour—the fuel tax is still around, but with the growing number of electric, hybrid, and more fuel-efficient conventional vehicles, it will soon run out of gas.
The gas tax is no longer a reliable revenue source. The federal fuel tax has lost 25% of its purchasing power in less than two
