This Editorial appears in the Feb. 10 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today.
We were disappointed — but not surprised — that Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) said he would not support an increase in federal fuel taxes to fund the nation’s aging highway system. Shuster, chairman of the House Transportation Committee, made the comments at an infrastructure event in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 4.
“I just don’t think that there’s the will out there with the American public or the Congress,” he said.
On a number of occasions since becoming chairman in January 2013, Shuster had indicated he was open to every option that can increase federal funding.
In fact, almost one year to the day that he expressed his opposition to increasing fuel taxes, he told Transport Topics that “everything needs to be on the table.”
