From a market-based perspective, user fees that pay for public roads should be based on the amount that drivers use them. Instead, California assesses such fees through a tax on gasoline that only ...

SAN DIEGO — California is considering implementing a per-mile "road charge" for all drivers across the state to fund highway maintenance, as revenue from the gas tax continues to decline. The ...

The California Department of Transportation is crunching the data from a pilot program it wrapped up earlier this year that addresses one of the most controversial topics in the Golden State — ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In a normal state run by politicians who weren’t constantly trying to hose taxpayers to fund an ever-expanding list of dubious programs, it wouldn’t be particularly hard to solve ...

California’s latest fuel tax measure is facing a possible repeal after the governor there sparked outrage by calling opponents of the new legislation ‘freeloaders.’ Voters were already upset to learn ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) -- Drivers could soon be paying higher taxes. Caltrans is considering what they're calling a "road charge" for drivers. Translation -- a tax based on how many miles you drive.

California, the fourth largest economy in the world, is planning to introduce a new road charge that would charge drivers per mile driven, a plan that has drawn criticism from California residents and ...