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Pay As You Go:  Mileage-Based Road User Fees

Pay As You Go: Mileage-Based Road User Fees

Update: 2025-11-01
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Motor fuel taxes have long been the primary source of both federal and state funds for U.S. highways. In recent decades, the sufficiency of fuel taxes has come into question as vehicles have gained in fuel efficiency and electric vehicles have become more common.  As the time nears for the US Congress to re-authorize the
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Pay As You Go:  Mileage-Based Road User Fees

Pay As You Go: Mileage-Based Road User Fees

Professor Joseph Schofer, Thomas Herman, and Marion Sours