Nevada may charge drivers for miles traveled
By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal
Every time Luiz Garcia fills up his car in Washoe County, he pays nearly 60 cents per gallon in taxes.
That’s money the Sparks resident contributes toward state and local projects to repave cracked and aging streets, widen freeways, build bridges.
It isn’t enough.
By 2016, Nevada could be up to $6 billion short of the money required for its transportation needs. The state isn’t alone. According to a 2008 estimate, the country was $140 billion short in highway funding, with the problem growing as gasoline taxes increasingly fail to cover mounting demand for money.