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What is Utah's road usage charge and how it helps with gas tax shortfall

With widening gaps between the funding from gas taxes and the money required to build and maintain transportation services, Utah lawmakers meeting in Salt Lake City recently discussed fees for e-vehicles. ....

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Utah's 'road usage charge' gives a road map for future tax on green drivers

Utah’s ‘road usage charge’ gives a road map for future tax on green drivers
Makenzie Sisson
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Motorists stop at the toll booth at Adams Avenue Parkway in Washington Terrace on Thursday. While tolling is one possible solution to raise revenue for roads, Utah officials are showing interest in per-miles driven fees for alternative-fuel vehicles to offset losses from gas taxes.
With more cars hitting the road again as the summer travel season begins, Utah officials are studying how the state can continue to maintain and build highways with less gas tax money as cars become more fuel-efficient. ....

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Andrew Gruber: Utah should increase investment in the post-pandemic 'bike boom'

Andrew Gruber: Utah should increase investment in the post-pandemic âbike boomâ
Utah should make bicycling for transportation and health easier and safer.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) People join Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski on Thursday, May 16, 2019, as part of the annual Mayor s Bike to Work Day. This year s ride began at the Northwest Recreation Center and ran primarily along the Jordan River Trail in an effort to show off the investments the city and others have made to the trail including the new 120-foot arch bridge that connects the north and south sides of the trail between 200 South and North Temple. ....

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What are the business community's priorities for the upcoming session?

Business climate
Utah entered 2020 as one of the nation s most diverse and high-performing economies, and despite the unprecedented challenges of the past year it has maintained this position. Thanks, in large part, to the state s strong business climate and business-friendly policies, the state has succeeded in minimizing much of the harm that was expected.
While Utah has an enviable business ecosystem, we must continue to support maintaining it through reasonable regulations and a tax structure that will aid short-term recovery efforts and facilitate economic growth across diverse industries allowing for opportunity to bloom.
Labor and employment
Although Utah s unemployment rate is higher than it was at the beginning of 2020, the specific challenges brought by labor shortages have remained the same and in many sectors have only grown more significant. In the short-term, the state must support struggling industries and help spur economic growth through targeted r ....

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