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Transportation Secretary Mary Peters Blogs on the Gas Tax Holiday Debate

U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters today posted a new entry on the recent debate over a proposed federal gas tax holiday on the Department’s new blog, http://fastlane.dot.gov:

“Several proposals have been floated on Capitol Hill that would give Americans a summer gas tax holiday by temporarily eliminating the federal 18.4 cents a gallon tax on fuel…. As the primary federal funding mechanism for our national highway system, the gas tax is increasingly outdated, inefficient, and unpopular …. It is time for our country to embrace a far more efficient, clean, and technology-based approach to charging for road use…” wrote Peters.

You can read Secretary Peters’ post in its entirety at http://fastlane.dot.gov.  Earlier this week, Secretary Peters blogged on the proposed extension of Metro to Tysons Corner, and was joined by Governor Tim Kaine as a guest blogger.