| State-by-State Result of Basing Highway Taxes on Vehicle Miles Traveled Rather Than the Current Fuel Surcharges, Change by State, FY 2003 | ||||||||
| (On April 19, 2005, the Senate Finance Committee proposed a National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission to review financing options, including replacing the federal fuel tax with a mileage-based excise tax. The following predicts how changing all Highway Trust Fund (HTF) taxation would have affected 2003 tax burdens.) | ||||||||
| 2003 HTF Contributions | Vehicle Miles Traveled 2003 | Resulting Change | ||||||
| ($ millions) | (% of U.S.) | (# millions) | (% of U.S.) | (% change) | ($ millions) | |||
| U.S. Total | 33,724 | 100.0 | 2,890,893 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Alabama | 636 | 1.9 | 58,637 | 2.0 | +7.6 | +48.5 | ||
| Alaska | 74 | 0.2 | 4,942 | 0.2 | -22.4 | -16.6 | ||
| Arizona | 667 | 2.0 | 53,896 | 1.9 | -5.8 | -38.4 | ||
| Arkansas | 428 | 1.3 | 30,639 | 1.1 | -16.6 | -71.0 | ||
| California | 3,494 | 10.4 | 323,592 | 11.2 | +8.1 | +281.3 | ||
| Colorado | 485 | 1.4 | 43,379 | 1.5 | +4.3 | +20.9 | ||
| Connecticut | 355 | 1.1 | 31,432 | 1.1 | +3.2 | +11.4 | ||
| Delaware | 92 | 0.3 | 9,044 | 0.3 | +14.2 | +13.2 | ||
| Dist. of Col. | 34 | 0.1 | 4,150 | 0.1 | +44.3 | +14.9 | ||
| Florida | 1,802 | 5.3 | 185,511 | 6.4 | +20.1 | +362.3 | ||
| Georgia | 1,309 | 3.9 | 109,246 | 3.8 | -2.7 | -34.9 | ||
| Hawaii | 90 | 0.3 | 9,312 | 0.3 | +20.9 | +18.8 | ||
| Idaho | 183 | 0.5 | 14,290 | 0.5 | -8.8 | -16.1 | ||
| Illinois | 1,178 | 3.5 | 106,536 | 3.7 | +5.5 | +64.8 | ||
| Indiana | 956 | 2.8 | 72,511 | 2.5 | -11.5 | -110.2 | ||
| Iowa | 383 | 1.1 | 31,108 | 1.1 | -5.2 | -19.8 | ||
| Kansas | 357 | 1.1 | 28,672 | 1.0 | -6.3 | -22.3 | ||
| Kentucky | 612 | 1.8 | 46,748 | 1.6 | -10.9 | -66.5 | ||
| Louisiana | 564 | 1.7 | 44,156 | 1.5 | -8.6 | -48.4 | ||
| Maine | 177 | 0.5 | 14,912 | 0.5 | -1.5 | -2.7 | ||
| Maryland | 604 | 1.8 | 54,701 | 1.9 | +5.6 | +34.0 | ||
| Massachusetts | 621 | 1.8 | 53,709 | 1.9 | +0.8 | +5.2 | ||
| Michigan | 1,134 | 3.4 | 100,756 | 3.5 | +3.7 | +41.8 | ||
| Minnesota | 540 | 1.6 | 55,296 | 1.9 | +19.5 | +105.1 | ||
| Mississippi | 446 | 1.3 | 37,467 | 1.3 | -1.9 | -8.6 | ||
| Missouri | 805 | 2.4 | 68,163 | 2.4 | -1.2 | -9.8 | ||
| Montana | 147 | 0.4 | 10,874 | 0.4 | -13.9 | -20.5 | ||
| Nebraska | 249 | 0.7 | 19,016 | 0.7 | -11.0 | -27.3 | ||
| Nevada | 244 | 0.7 | 19,301 | 0.7 | -7.6 | -18.5 | ||
| New Hampshire | 156 | 0.5 | 13,180 | 0.5 | -1.5 | -2.4 | ||
| New Jersey | 974 | 2.9 | 69,778 | 2.4 | -16.4 | -160.1 | ||
| New Mexico | 288 | 0.9 | 22,844 | 0.8 | -7.6 | -22.0 | ||
| New York | 1,416 | 4.2 | 135,047 | 4.7 | +11.3 | +159.9 | ||
| North Carolina | 1,035 | 3.1 | 93,759 | 3.2 | +5.7 | +59.1 | ||
| North Dakota | 103 | 0.3 | 7,468 | 0.3 | -15.0 | -15.4 | ||
| Ohio | 1,293 | 3.8 | 108,938 | 3.8 | -1.7 | -22.5 | ||
| Oklahoma | 557 | 1.7 | 45,725 | 1.6 | -4.2 | -23.4 | ||
| Oregon | 395 | 1.2 | 35,098 | 1.2 | +3.7 | +14.6 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 1,338 | 4.0 | 106,347 | 3.7 | -7.3 | -97.4 | ||
| Rhode Island | 87 | 0.3 | 8,365 | 0.3 | +12.8 | +11.0 | ||
| South Carolina | 602 | 1.8 | 48,120 | 1.7 | -6.7 | -40.4 | ||
| South Dakota | 114 | 0.3 | 8,527 | 0.3 | -12.4 | -14.1 | ||
| Tennessee | 821 | 2.4 | 69,154 | 2.4 | -1.8 | -14.5 | ||
| Texas | 2,973 | 8.8 | 223,418 | 7.7 | -12.3 | -366.9 | ||
| Utah | 287 | 0.9 | 24,029 | 0.8 | -2.4 | -7.0 | ||
| Vermont | 80 | 0.2 | 8,309 | 0.3 | +21.0 | +16.8 | ||
| Virginia | 951 | 2.8 | 76,868 | 2.7 | -5.7 | -53.9 | ||
| Washington | 621 | 1.8 | 55,015 | 1.9 | +3.4 | +21.2 | ||
| West Virginia | 221 | 0.7 | 20,082 | 0.7 | +5.9 | +13.1 | ||
| Wisconsin | 595 | 1.8 | 59,615 | 2.1 | +16.9 | +100.6 | ||
| Wyoming | 154 | 0.5 | 9,211 | 0.3 | -30.2 | -46.4 | ||
| SOURCE: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2003, September 2004; internal calculations. | ||||||||
| NOTE: Data prepared by the California Institute for Federal Policy Research, under the Federal Formula Grants and California project, a joint venture with the Public Policy of California (PPIC). | ||||||||
