How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?"

$3.70 today

 

$4.39 was the cheapest I could find for 85 octane.

 

$3.29 for yesterday's fill-up.

exactly $1 more than pre-conflict..........

 

$3.29 for yesterday's fill-up.
Shell, top-tier, 87 octane

exactly $1 more than pre-conflict...

 

For the summer solstice I took a day road trip over the Sierras in my ct200h (what an amazing car), down CA 108 to Sonora and then through Angels Camp (what a nice name for a town) and back up on CA 4. Highway 4 has a 5 mile section that's narrow steep and winding with no center stripe, and steep drop offs with no guard rail. It has a sign that says "no vehicles over 28 ft long" It's amazing how many drivers can't get close to the edge, so they hang over the center when you pass them.

Gas in Carson City NV $4.46 a gallon regular. It's .50 cents higher in Reno because of taxes. NV gets it's fuel from CA so it's surprising that it's actually cheaper than in CA. Must be even more taxes there. Made the whole trip on one tank at $35.

 

I'm seeing fuel taxes of $0.2381/gal in Nevada, vs $0.7092 + sales tax (7.25% to 11+%) in California. That makes for a considerable price difference even if they are getting the same fuel blends from the same refineries.

Do CA refineries ship their own CA-compliant blends to Nevada, or do they make some cheaper blends to export to Nevada? Are Nevadans paying for CA's cap-and-trade system?

When we go skiing at Mammoth Lakes, I usually fill up in Minden or Gardnerville to ensure enough range to avoid buying fuel while in California. Lee Vining and other Mono County towns along the way have California's highest fuel prices. Maybe should watch Carson NV fuel prices too. Also fill up in Klamath Falls to avoid buying fuel while crossing NE CA.

Because most of our trips through that region are in winter, Sonora and Monitor and Tioga (east entrance of Yosemite NP) Passes are closed for the season. But we have been across each of those a couple times for autumn trips.

 

Interesting. The Colorado fuel tax is around 21¢ a gallon. Interestingly, this hasn't been changed for decades, nor has the federal gas tax. And that's where the funding for roads and bridges comes from in Colorado. This is why so many roads are in disrepair and getting worse. Personally I don't understand the flat rate tax. Why not a flat rate that increases yearly with inflation? Why not a percentage that would assume fuel costs will increase about the same as inflation?

 

Your assuming that $0.21 is going directly to road maintenance; but it goes into the general fund - then gets redistributed to the state's annual funding priorities. Keep that in mind; next time your state or local gov't wants to raise taxes for something. Unless that tax increase is specifically set aside for whatever excuse they are using - it'll probably go into a politician's back pocket.
Take our California lottery for instant. The state lottery was passed because proceeds would go to our schools. Well the state legislature reduced school funding by an equivalent amount that the lottery was contributing to our school system annually.

YMMV

 

Why not a fuel tax rate that increases with inflation?

Politics and elections and voters.

BTW, in most jurisdictions, fuel taxes are quite insufficient to pay for the full road system. Even before accounting for the increasing fleet fuel economy directly reducing total full tax collections.