What Do Americans Think About Federal Transportation Tax Options? Results from a National Survey [supporting dataset]

Details

• Creators:
  Agrawal, Asha Weinstein ; Nixon, Hilary
• Corporate Creators:
  Mineta Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  California. Department of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Federal Government Agencies Fees Transportation Taxes Financing Fuel Taxes Gasoline Tax Highway User Taxation Mileage-based User Fees Public Opinion Surveys Taxes Transportation Transportation Fees User Charges

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  CA-MTI-10-2928
• Series:
  What Do Americans Think About Federal Tax Options to Support Transportation?
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1531060
• Resource Type:
  Dataset
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  San Jose State University. College of Business. Mineta Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  This report summarizes the results of a national random-digit-dial public opinion poll that asked 1,545 respondents if they would support various tax options for raising federal transportation revenues. The eight specific tax options tested were variations on raising the federal gas tax rate, creating a new mileage tax, and creating a new national sales tax. In addition, the survey collected standard socio-demographic data and some travel behavior data and asked a few attitudinal questions related to the quality of the transportation system and respondents’ priorities for government spending on transportation. These questions were used to assess support levels for the tax options among different population subgroups.
  
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• Format:
  ZIP
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
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