Paying Our Way: A New Framework for Transportation Finance
http://financecommission.dot.gov/Documents/NSTIF_Commission_Final_Report_Advance%20Copy_Feb09.pdf
Report of a special study commission set up by Congress to examine the current problems with inadequate highway funding. Recommends changing to a system of user charges based on miles driven with consideration of other factors such as time of day and type of roads. Also calls for an immediate 10 cent increase to the federal gas tax and a 15 cent increase in the federal diesel tax. From the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission.
