Tag Archives: TIFIA
A Track Record of Toll Road Failures at Taxpayers Expense: Putting Wall Street Over Main Street
The Build America Bureau, an arm of the federal government, is also a 34 percent owner in the new deal, as a move to placate the expected taxpayer backlash for having the taxpayers’ original federal loan wiped out by the … Continue reading
Taxes and more taxes: Big-money lobbyists sponsor transportation summit
Transportation industry professionals gathered in Washington D.C. on November 21 at a summit called Infrastructure of the Future—Sustainable Pathways to Meet America’s Transportation Challenges sponsored by two big-money lobbyists, the American Highway Users Alliance and the Volvo Group. Continue reading
Posted in Taxation, Transportation
Tagged AIF, American Infrastructure Fund, gas tax, indexing the gas tax, infrastructure, MAP-21, P3s, pay-as-you-go, TIFIA, tolling, Vehicle Miles Traveled, VMT
