The Highway Trust Fund is a transportation fund in the United States which receives money from a federal fuel tax of 18.4 cents per gallon on gasoline and 24.4 cents per gallon of diesel fuel and related excise taxes. [2] .

2024年2月22日 · The Highway Trust Fund (HTF) was established in 1956 to provide a more dependable source of funding from the federal government for the construction of the interstate highway system. The HTF is comprised of two accounts: The Highway Account, which is largely devoted to construction and maintenance of highways and bridges; and

2025年3月24日 · Status of the Highway Trust Fund - Fiscal Year 2025. PDF: Table FE-1.

2023年8月25日 · The HTF receives the majority of its revenue from federal excise taxes on motor fuel, also known as the gas tax. As the nation reduces its gas consumption by continuing its transition to EVs and more fuel-efficient vehicles, policymakers will have to reckon with widening shortfalls for the HTF—and that means finding new sources of revenue to ...

2018年8月15日 · The HTF was created as a user-supported fund: highway users would pay taxes, the tax receipts would flow into the HTF, and HTF balances would be dedicated for use on highway projects (later expanded to surface transportation projects).

2025年3月25日 · The Highway Trust Fund (HTF) is the primary source of federal funding for highway infrastructure projects, including constructing and maintaining U.S. roads, bridges, and public transit systems. The HTF receives most of its funding from federal taxes on motor fuel and faces two main challenges.

This document, released in 2025, outlines ATSSA's position on the current standing and future of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) and provides members with specific talking points and information to advocate with their legislators for lasting solutions for the HTF. Access the document

2023年10月18日 · Federal spending on highways (or, synonymously, roads) totaled $52 billion in 2022. Most of those outlays were for grants to state and local governments to support their spending on capital projects.

2025年2月12日 · – Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) introduced the bicameral Fair SHARE Act to impose one-time fees on electric vehicles (EVs) to ensure EVs contribute to the Highway Trust …

2024年5月14日 · The HTF, established in 1956 to fund the construction of the U.S. Interstate Highway System, collects federal motor fuels taxes and heavy truck fees derived from road users that lawmakers use to invest in the nation’s surface transportation network.