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Indiana: History and Analysis of Gas Taxes

Thursday, February 25th, 2016
Figure 1. Inflation-Adjusted Gasoline Excise Taxes, USA and Indiana (1932-2015); Figure 2. Sales Tax Cost per Gallon of Retail Gasoline in Indiana (1962-2015)

BALL STATE UNIVERSITY
CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH
With gasoline taxes static or declining due to inflation, the costs of constructing and maintaining roadways and developing congestion relief has grown. The cost per mile of road maintenance has increased roughly 22 percent since the late 1990s and will certainly continue to grow in the coming years (ITEP, 2013). The real (inflation-adjusted) reduction in the gasoline excise tax reduces the state’s ability to fund highway construction, operations, maintenance and relieve congestion. In addition, there have been other issues that affect the stability of the gasoline excise tax revenue.

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Where Do We Go From Here?

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

Innovation NewsBriefs
Vol. 23, No. 32
At a post-election analysis of federal transportation policy convened by the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Eno Center for Transportation on November 30, a panel of transportation insiders touched upon a variety of familiar questions. Is an increase in the gasoline tax truly off the table? Should it be?

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Do Roads Pay for Themselves? Setting the Record Straight on Transportation Funding

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
Gas tax map

U.S. PIRG
Highways do not—and, except for brief periods in our nation’s history—never have paid for themselves through the taxes that highway advocates label “user fees.” Yet highway advocates continue to suggest they do in an attempt to secure preferential access to scarce public resources and to shape how those resources are spent.

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