Transportation

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State and Local Government
Mar 22, 2021
Gas Tax Bill Undergoes Several Changes
A bill in the Missouri Legislature that would raise Missouri’s fuel tax has undergone several important changes. Instead of raising the fuel tax by 2 cents per gallon each year […]
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State and Local Government
Mar 10, 2021
The Loop Trolley and the Definition of Insanity
Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. In other news, backers of the Loop Trolley […]
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Economy
Feb 26, 2021
How Transportation Public–Private Partnerships Can Benefit Missourians
Interstate 70 and several important Missouri roads need to be replaced soon but the Missouri Department of Transportation claims it lacks the money to do so. Using public–private partnerships (P3s) […]
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State and Local Government
Feb 22, 2021
Local Gas Taxes Are the Secret Garden of City Road Funding Options
A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Tribune. When troubled or sickly aristocratic English youth needed a place to recuperate in private away from their cruel stepparents, they would […]
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State and Local Government
Feb 11, 2021
What to Know About Local Fuel Taxes
All drivers are familiar with Missouri’s state fuel tax, which raises money for road maintenance. But what many Missourians don’t know (and even many local leaders) is that cities and […]
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State and Local Government
Feb 5, 2021
Objections to Tolling Only Tell Half the Story
In his recent State of the State address, the governor mentioned the need to keep Missouri’s roads in good shape. Show-Me Institute analysts have written about ways to generate adequate […]

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