Entries by Max Crumit

Transportation Funding and Hybrid Vehicles

July 10, 2016 /0 Comments/in /by

When Eisenhower commenced the Interstate construction after WWII, the original plan was for the interstates to be tolled.  However, the workforce needed to man these toll booths proved impossible to justify.  So, they came up with a shadow toll concept.  They would tax gasoline at the pump and dedicate this tax to paying for the […]