ESTIMATES OF ANNUAL U.S. ROAD USER PAYMENTS VERSUS ANNUAL ROAD EXPENDITURES

This paper reviews receipts and payments for roads reported by the FHWA in their Highway Statistics 1992 report. Three broad categories of "Road User Revenue," defined by the FHWA are examined first: (1) motor fuel taxes, (2) motor vehicle taxes, and (3) tolls. The difference between the total amount collected by these imposts from road users and the net amount dedicated to roads is documented. The results show that approximately 30 percent of the amount collected from these three imposts are diverted to other uses, such as federal deficit reduction and mass transit; the remainder is dedicated to roads. Moreover, within the FHWA's conventional framework of "road user receipts," the total collected from these three broad categories amounted to over $70 billion in 1992, or the equivalent of 92 percent of all expenditures on roads.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Petroleum Institute

  1220 L Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20005-4070
• Authors:
  • Dougher, R S
• Publication Date: 1995-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 30 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Expenditures; Fuels; Taxation; Tolls; Travel budgets
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Highway Administration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road user costs
• Subject Areas: Energy; Finance; Highways; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00680562
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Research Study #078
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 27 1995 12:00AM