Business Insider: Gas and Diesel Prices Rose at the Worst Possible Time for Drivers in the US and These States Are Being Affected Most
media mentionFor some states, the gas tax increase has been long delayed. Some states have postponed this increase for several years due to the political challenges, Carl Davis, a research director at the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy, told Business Insider. Davis is an expert in transportation infrastructure funding.
“Lawmakers don’t want to take a vote to raise the price of gas, but at the same time, drivers don’t want to drive over an unsafe bridge or hit a pothole or be stuck in a traffic congestion,” Davis said. “There are inevitable tradeoffs here, and navigating these tradeoffs can be tricky.”