by Jeremy Lott Print this article There s a logic to starting with trucks, given the technology involved and that truckers already deal with interstate and international fuel tax issues, but politically, it would be a disaster to single them out first.
Do a slim majority of people now support a vehicle miles traveled tax? That is one takeaway from the Mineta Transportation Institute s 12th annual survey of taxation and transportation.
The California-based think tank didn t call it a VMT tax for the survey, released in late March. Instead, it called it a green mileage fee and said it would cost drivers about 3 cents per mile traveled, with vehicles that pollute more paying more.