News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on What Happens When a Suburb Begins to Die?. Parent comment

Re:What Happens When a Suburb Begins to Die? by sbov on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @01:28PM (#15451465)
At least on the federal level, considering the federal gas tax hasn't been raised since 1993, it does a pretty good job at covering the costs of roads.

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwaytrustfund/

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:What Happens When a Suburb Begins to Die? by peatmoss on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @02:21PM (#15451955)
That link is only showing the state of the gas tax fund, and shows none of the transfers from the general fund to prop up shortfalls.

Second, local roads (i.e. the majority) are mostly funded through the general fund of municipalities.

Here's an overview of how laughably short gas taxes fall when it comes to paying for the roads: http://frontiergroup.org/reports/fg/do-roads-pay-themselves

[ Parent | on HN ]