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Alternative transportation
fromStreetsblog USA
1 week ago

New House Infrastructure Bill Cuts Transit And Isn't Great on Active Transportation: Advocates - Streetsblog USA

Proposed BUILD America 250 would cut transit funding, offer limited support for active transportation, and lacks strong guardrails to protect its positive provisions.
Alternative transportation
frominsideevs.com
1 week ago

$130 A Year For EV Drivers? Lawmakers Push Federal Road-Use Fee As Advocacy Groups Push Back

A proposed bill would charge electric vehicle drivers a $130 annual fee starting in 2029, rising to $150, plus $35 for plug-in hybrids.
US Elections
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Trump Plans to Suspend the Federal Gas Tax Until Prices Go Back Down

Suspend the 18-cents-per-gallon federal gas tax temporarily until gas prices fall, then phase it back in, requiring congressional action.
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

The US Government Could End The Federal Gas Tax

The tax provides more than $23 billion per year in revenue for federal highway and public transit programs. The federal gas tax has been in place, in one way or another, since 1919 and was last raised in 1993.
Alternative transportation
fromStreetsblog
3 months ago

Improving Road Safety Is A Win For The Climate, Too - Streetsblog USA

Hundreds of preventable fatalities and more than 13 million metric tons of climate pollution would be avoided by 2045 if Congress passed legislation that answered advocates' long- time demand to require state DOTs to set declining annual fatality targets - and reallocate highway money to safety projects if they don't meet those goals, according to a new analysis from Evergreen Action.
US politics
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