#highway-trust-fund

#highway-trust-fund

BUILD America 250 would likely reduce passenger rail federal funding by over 80% because promised funds lack guaranteed appropriations over five years.

Federal gasoline and diesel taxes total 18.3 and 24.3 cents per gallon, with a small underground-tank fee, while proposals to temporarily suspend them face political and budget constraints.

The White House proposals would eliminate billions in federal transit funding and restrict states' ability to flex highway dollars, disproportionately harming red states.