Fond du Lac Reporter: We must get serious about highway funding

Let’s look at the numbers. According to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, from 2011 (the latest available), the average driver travels 11,318 miles each year and the average vehicle gets 21.4 miles-per-gallon, consuming 530 gallons of fuel per year. That means the average consumer pays $97.52 per car per year in federal fuel tax, which is less than $10 a month. That’s less than electric, cable, water, and other utility bills in exchange for using the Interstate Highway System and other major roads.

In another study, the non-partisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates that a 10.6 cent increase in the federal gas tax would cost the average driver $4.66 per month per vehicle, or about $56 per year.

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