Federal lawmakers should consider implementing a vehicle miles traveled pilot program nationwide as a way to boost dollars for infrastructure projects on a long-term basis, a Senate Finance Committee working group said in a report released July 8.

The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to review a lawsuit alleging that a fee charged by state-authorized enterprise to finance, repair, reconstruct and replace Colorado bridges is an unconstitutional tax.

WASHINGTON — American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves again told lawmakers that raising federal fuel taxes is the best approach for paying for infrastructure projects, a position congressional leaders charged with uncovering more funding reject.

Legislation that would gradually reduce the federal gas tax over the next five years to 3.7 cents per gallon was introduced by Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) on June 10.

WASHINGTON  — Congressional Republican leaders will not consider raising taxes on gas and diesel fuels as a way to back transportation programs in a short-term measure and in a multiyear bill, the chairman of the Senate transportation policy panel told Transport Topics on May 5.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House’s tax-writing committee, said April 30 he will unveil a short-term measure in about three weeks that would keep highway programs funded through the end of the year.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue called for a federal fuels user fee to help fund America’s desperate need for infrastructure improvements.

The House has passed a bill that could give the trucking industry hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks this year for everything from buying new trucks to using natural gas.