California To Test Road Charge Program

An episode of the KQED's The California Report podcast, hosted by KQED, titled "California To Test Road Charge Program" was published on July 8, 2024 and runs 10 minutes.

July 8, 2024 ·10m · KQED's The California Report

Summary

The state uses the billions raised from the gas tax every year to pay for the constant work of freeway and highway maintenance and new road construction. But the gas tax faces a reckoning. Newer vehicles are ever-more fuel efficient, meaning less revenue is raised from taxing the fuel that’s pumped into them. So the state could eventually move to a model where drivers pay a fee for every mile they travel. Reporter: Saul Gonzalez, The California Report A $10 billion bond for California’s schools will go before voters this November. If it passes, the multi-billion dollar bond would pay for repairs and upgrades at thousands of K-12 school and community college buildings across California.  Reporter: Carolyn Jones, CalMatters  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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