PoliticsDavid Fulmer/ Flickr Will Alberta and Ontario cutting gas taxes make people drive more? Driving decreased after B.C. introduced a fuel tax in 2008. But cutting or lowering gas taxes doesn’t necessarily mean the opposite will happen.
Politics www.wired.com All those electric vehicles pose a problem for building roads Gas taxes are the largest source of funding for highway construction and maintenance. As the Ford F-150 Lightning and other vehicles increasingly plug in, that revenue is shrinking.