Posts Tagged "Barry Schoch"
In state elections, voters decline to punish pols for raising transportation taxes
11 Jun 2014
|
Posted by Teddy Lederer
|
1 Comment
|
Barry Schoch, Beverly Sherwood, Erin Molchany, gas tax, highway trust fund, J.P Miranda, James Clay, Joe T. May, Leanna Washington, MAP-21, Mark Dudenhefer, maryland, massachusetts, Michael Fleck, Michael Watson, New Hampshire, pennsylvania, Vermont, virginia, Wyoming

Raising the gas tax is a political death sentence, right? Well, not necessarily. In at least two states where legislators raised gas taxes or other fees in the last two years, voters have responded by sending almost all of the supportive members of both parties back to their state houses. Could it be that voters are more supportive of raising revenue than we think?
Join our email list
Our three principles
It’s past time to elevate the national conversation about infrastructure beyond just the price tag.
Learn more about our platformLatest From The Blog


Transit fiscal cliff or transit fiscal doom?
Jan 31st, 2023

TRB: Transportation’s Really Broken
Jan 26th, 2023

Repealing jaywalking laws to refocus on street design
Jan 25th, 2023

Sparking Progress: A new report on our electric…
Jan 20th, 2023

You forgot the cost of 40,000 lives lost…
Feb 8th, 2023
Hi my name shineka I have a 8…
Feb 3rd, 2023

lol please tell me you're not a practicing…
Jan 31st, 2023

First, i am an advocate for good "public"…
Jan 31st, 2023

Thanks Giancarlo! That is a good summary of…
Jan 30th, 2023