Transportation

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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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State and Local Government
Oct 21, 2020
Think Miles, Not Gallons, to Fund Missouri’s Roads
Yesterday I discussed how the increasing popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) has exposed flaws in Missouri’s system of funding road and highway maintenance. Fuel taxes and registration fees are inadequate […]
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State and Local Government
Oct 20, 2020
Electric Vehicles and the (Almost) Free-Rider Problem
Electric vehicles (EVs) are gaining popularity thanks to their fuel economy, but in Missouri they offer their owners another benefit—one that comes at the expense of other drivers. EV drivers […]

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