{"id":430,"date":"2016-02-28T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/2016\/02\/28\/trend-pay-for-bridge-repair-with-truck-tax\/"},"modified":"2016-02-28T21:59:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T21:59:00","slug":"trend-pay-for-bridge-repair-with-truck-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/trend-pay-for-bridge-repair-with-truck-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Trend: Pay for Bridge Repair with Truck Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Which state wants to trucks to pay a bridge toll?<\/strong>\u00a0Rhode Island<\/p>\n<p><strong>What got Rhode Island to this point where bridge repair requires a bridge toll?<\/strong>\u00a0Rhode Islands bridges are in the worst shape in the country. 23% of its bridges need structural repair, that&#8217;s the highest in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What justifications are lawakers offering to toll truckers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Trucks account for 70% of the damage to roads<\/li>\n<li>Trucks pay about 20% of the cost of road<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What numbers will the toll produce?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$20 on large commercial trucks for a statewide trip on Interstate 95<\/li>\n<li>Total revenue estimate for truck tolls will be $45 million<\/li>\n<li>Couple the bridge toll with $420\u00a0million in bonds\u00a0to cover infrastructure repair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Is the truck toll uncommon?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes, in the U.S. Switzerland and Germany have nationwide truck tolls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.governing.com\/topics\/transportation-infrastructure\/gov-rhode-island-targets-trucks-new-tolls.html?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Act-On+Software&amp;utm_content=email&amp;utm_campaign=Amid%20TB%20Outbreak%2C%20Alabama%20Pays%20Resisters%20to%20Get%20Tested&amp;utm_term=A%20New%20Route%20for%20Funding%20Bridge%20Repairs%3A%20Truck%20Tolls\">Governing |\u00a0Rhode Island&#8217;s New Route for Funding Bridge Repairs: Truck Tolls<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Which state wants to trucks to pay a bridge toll?<\/strong>\u00a0Rhode Island<\/p>\n<p><strong>What got Rhode Island to this point where bridge repair requires a bridge toll?<\/strong>\u00a0Rhode Islands bridges are in the worst shape in the country. 23% of its bridges need structural repair, that&#8217;s the highest in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What justifications are lawakers offering to toll truckers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Trucks account for 70% of the damage to roads<\/li>\n<li>Trucks pay about 20% of the cost of road<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What numbers will the toll produce?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$20 on large commercial&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10,5,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funding","category-legislative-trend","category-roads","category-transportation-safety","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}