Poll: Majority of Americans still oppose gas tax increase

Transportation advocates continue to lobby for a variety of potential solutions to address the shortfall in federal highway funds, but a gas tax increase remains unlikely to emerge as the solution to the funding dilemma.

According to SKDKnickerbocker and Benenson Strategy Group, two-thirds of Americans are against increasing the 18.4-cents-per-gallon federal gas tax. SKDKnickerbocker and Benenson Strategy Group conducted a survey this month to derive the information, releasing their finding in a report titled, “Beyond The Beltway: Insights Initiative.”

“Despite the fact that a majority of voters support more funding for road and bridge repair and believe it will help the economy, two-thirds of voters oppose increasing the gas tax to sustain the fund for a longer time,” the report reads.

The gas tax, which has been a key source of funding for federal transportation projects across the United States, has not experienced an increase in more than 21 years.