(Source: Building America's Future)
8 States Considering Gas Tax Increases in 2018
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Hawaii
- Massachusetts
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- North Dakota
24 States that Passed Gas Tax Increases Since 2013
- California (12 cent increase)
- Georgia (7 cent increase)
- Idaho (7 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)
- Nebraska (6 cent increase)
- New Hampshire (4 cent increase)
- New Jersey (23 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)
- Washington (11.9 cent increase)
- West Virginia (3.5 cent increase)
- Wyoming (10 cent increase)
17 States That Have Increased Fees on Fuel Efficient Vehicles
- California
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Maine
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wyoming
17 States Have Increased Fees on Fuel Efficient Vehicles.
Success of Local Ballot Referenda (Center for Transportation Excellence)
- The success rate of ballot initiatives from 2000 to 2015 is 71%
- In November 2017 there was a 88% success of local ballot initiatives that sought to increase funding for transportation
- In November 2016 there was a 70% success of local ballot initiatives that sought to increase funding for transportation
- In November 2015 there was a 68% success rate
- In November 2014 there was a 69% success rate
- In November 2013 there was a 73% success rate
2016 saw the largest number of ballot initiatives ever with a total of 77.
The number of ballot initiatives each year has steadily risen from 57 in 2004 to 77 in 2016.
There was $200 billion in ballot initiatives during 2016 - the highest amount ever.
Communities in 25 states had ballot measures pending in 2016 – the highest number of states ever.