As Gas Tax Revenues Slow, States Urged to Open Throttle on New Ways to Pay for Roads

Published on August 8, 2024

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—State Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) revenues are flat and even declining in some states because automobiles are increasingly more fuel-efficient, ensuring the trend will continue even without electric vehicles (EVs) dominating roadways, transportation funding analysts warn. “Until we start using flying cars” new ways to pay for roads are needed, CDM Smith transportation policy specialist Andrew McLean told state lawmakers, legislative staff, and lobbyists on Aug. 5, the first day of the three-day National Conference of State Legislators Annual Legislative Summit at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics, vehicle miles traveled increased by 2.7 percent in 2022 but gasoline usage only increased by a one-tenth of 1 percent and was a 4.4-percent decline from 2019’s gas gallons consumed....

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