Modernizing U.S. Surface Transportation System: Inaction Must Not Be an Option
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 10:18AM Jack Schenendorf represents the Ports-to-Plains Alliance in Washington, DC.
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July 22, 2011
America’s national surface transportation network is in crisis, writes Jack L. Schenendorf, of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP. Without additional transportation investment, the United States economy will suffer. While raising motor fuel taxes, which comprise the majority of federal transportation receipts, would be one solution, there does not seem to be the current political will to do so. Schenendorf proposes two alternative solutions, a Federal Interstate User Fee and a Federal Motor Carrier User Fee, to supplement current federal transportation revenues in order to restore and modernize the transportation network…
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