Dr. Gregory Rowangould (Director, Transportation Research Center) joined the House Transportation Committee on Wednesday morning. He had been asked to address the issue of reduced revenues from declining gas consumption as more people use EVs and higher mileage ICE vehicles combined with increasing inflation that impacts the material costs for maintaining roads. The Transportation Fund is getting stretched.

Options being considered included raising the gas tax, index gas tax to inflation, raise registration and inspection fees, shift funding from other streams, distance-based charges, tolls, congestion charging, more efficient use of existing resources. However, Rowangould’s presentation focuses on mileage fees.