(Source: Building America's Future)
9 States Considered Gas Tax Increases in 2020
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- Missouri
- New Mexico
- Viginia (10 cent increase approved)
- Wyoming
30 States that Passed Gas Tax Increases Since 2013
- Alabama (10 cent increase)
- Arkansas (3 cent increase)
- California (12 cent increase)
- Georgia (7 cent increase)
- Idaho (7 cent increase)
- Illinois (38 cent increase)
- Indiana (10 cent increase)
- Iowa (10 cent increase)
- Maryland (5 cent increase indexed to inflation)
- Massachusetts (3 cent gas tax increase indexed to inflation – but was overturned by voters in November 2014)
- Michigan (7.3 cent increase and indexing)
- Montana (4.5 cent increase)
- Missouri (approved 10 cent increase but voters rejected it on 11/6/18)
- Nebraska (6 cent increase)
- New Hampshire (4 cent increase)
- New Jersey (23 cent increase)
- Ohio (10.5 cent increase)
- Oklahoma (5 cent increase)
- Oregon (10 cent increase)
- Pennsylvania (gradual shift in fuel tax from retail to wholesale)
- Rhode Island (approved indexing gas tax)
- South Carolina (12 cents)
- South Dakota (6 cent increase)
- Tennessee (6 cent increase)
- Utah (5 cent increase)
- Vermont (6 cent increase)
- Virginia (replaced gas tax with sales tax increase in 2013/2019 7 cent regional increase along I-81/10 cent increase in 2020)
- Washington (11.9 cent increase)
- West Virginia (3.5 cent increase)
- Wyoming (10 cent increase)
28 States Have Fees on Electric Vehicles and Fuel Efficient Vehicles (BATIC Institute)
Success of Local Ballot Referenda
- The success rate of ballot initiatives from 2010 to 2019 was 81% (ARTBA)
- In 2020 the success rate of state/local ballot initiatives that sought to increase funding for transportation was the highest it's ever been at 94% (ARTBA)
- In 2019 the success rate of local ballot initiatives 89% and in 2018 it was 85% (ARTBA)
- In November 2017 there was a 88% success rate (Center for Transportation Excellence or CFTE)
- In November 2016 there was a 70% success rate of (CFTE)
- In November 2015 there was a 68% success rate (CFTE)
In 2020 there were 322 state and local ballot measures of which 303 were approved by voters for a total of $14.1 billion in one-time and recurring revenue (ARTBA)