Shipping and Logistics

January 24, 2018
Truckers Seek Support for New Infrastructure Fuel Tax
Written by Tim Triplett
The trucking industry’s leading trade group is calling on policymakers to back a new 20-cent tax on all transportation fuels, including diesel, gasoline and natural gas, to fund repairs to the nation’s deteriorating roads and bridges.
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is seeking support for its Build America Fund, which would be funded by a federal fuel usage fee built into the price of wholesale transportation fuels collected at the terminal rack, phased in at a nickel per year over four years. The fee would be indexed to both inflation and improvements in fuel efficiency, with a 5 percent annual cap. The current Highway Trust Fund, paid for by a federal gas tax collected at the pump that has not been increased since 1993, is projected to go broke by 2021 without an infusion of additional tax dollars.


