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[quote user="DwightBranch"]   <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> Sam1:</div> <div>     I don't know where the $150 billion comes from.   </div> </blockquote>   Among other places it can be found in the second sentence of the <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/47619821/US-Congressional-Budget-Office-Report-Highway-Spending-Brief-2011">CBO document</a> I linked to above: The nation’s network of highways plays a vital role in theU.S. economy; private commercial activity and people’sdaily lives depend on that transportation infrastructure.In 2007, the public sector spent $146 billion to build,operate, and maintain highways in the United States. About three-quarters of that total was provided by stateand local governments. [/quote]  Your original post stated; "although that hides the subsidies in the form of around $150 Billion per year in highway spending, only about half of which is paid for by fuel taxes...." That's what threw me off and caused me to address the issues of subsidies. Presumably it should have said the total highway spend bill is approximately $146 billion. That the nation sends approximately $146 billion on highways at all levels is not a mystery or unknown to people who track transport costs.  What the nation spends on its highways and the difference between the spend and user fee collections are very different.
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