Transportation

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State and Local Government
Jan 8, 2021
Gas Taxes Around the States
Raising enough money to take care of Missouri’s roads has been a challenge. As I’ve written before, the Missouri Department of Transportation estimates that $745 million of high-priority road and […]
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State and Local Government
Dec 7, 2020
The Cost of Not Maintaining the Roads
Readers of this blog have seen me write before about the Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT) estimate that roughly $745 million in high-priority road and bridge transportation needs go unfunded […]
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State and Local Government
Nov 16, 2020
New Report Highlights Dangers of Kicking Missouri’s Infrastructure Funding Can Down the Road
Missouri’s roads are more than just a convenience—they’re an economic asset. According to the most recent data from 2011, roughly $711 billion worth of freight crosses Missouri each year, and […]
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State and Local Government
Nov 6, 2020
Commentary: Funding Roads by the Mile, Not the Gallon
A version of this first appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune. Missouri’s road maintenance funding is on a road to nowhere. Interstate 70, Missouri’s economic and transportation lifeline, is falling […]
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State and Local Government
Oct 29, 2020
Driver Privacy and Electronic Tolling
My recent posts have explored ways to connect paying for road maintenance with the damage drivers’ vehicles inflict upon roads (rather than with the amount and type of fuel those […]
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State and Local Government
Oct 22, 2020
Funding Roads by Miles Traveled—There’s an App for That
Yesterday’s post explored odometer reporting as an imperfect but straightforward way to replace fuel taxes with a funding mechanism that tied road usage more closely to the amount a driver […]

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