The Option of an Oil Tax to Fund Transportation and Infrastructure

• Main Author: Crane, Keith (auth)
• Other Authors: Burger, Nicholas (auth), Wachs, Martin (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2011
• Subjects: Energy industries & utilities; Transport industries; Transportation Studies; Business
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Federal spending on surface-transportation infrastructure outpaces federal taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. Increasing fuel efficiency means that fuel-purchase expenditures have dropped, so real revenue generated from these taxes has declined. A percentage tax on crude oil and imported refined-pet...