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What Do Americans Think About Federal Transportation Tax Options? Results From a National Survey

A national public opinion poll asked 1,545 respondents if they would support various tax options for raising federal transportation revenues. None of the tax options achieved majority support, but three did fairly well: a $.05 sales tax (43 percent support), a $.10 gas tax increase with revenue dedicated to reducing the transportation system’s impact on global warming (42 percent support), and a $.10 gas tax increase spread over five years (39 percent support). The report also compares public support for alternative versions of the mileage and gas taxes. The base cases tested against alternatives were a flat-rate mileage tax of $.01 per mile and a $.10 gas tax with no additional information given about the tax. All variants of these base cases increased support levels, in most cases significantly. Varying the mileage tax by the vehicle’s pollution level increased support by 12 percentage points. For the gas tax, all four alternatives to the base case received higher support. Most notably, spreading the gas tax increase over five years increased support by 16 percentage points, and linking the increase to global warming reduction increased support by a full 19 percentage points.