Polling shows slight majority support for mileage tax

Published April 16, 2021 3:00am ET



Do a slim majority of people now support a vehicle miles traveled tax? That is one takeaway from the Mineta Transportation Institute’s 12th annual survey of taxation and transportation.

The California-based think tank didn’t call it a VMT tax for the survey, released in late March. Instead, it called it a green mileage fee and said it would cost drivers about 3 cents per mile traveled, with vehicles that pollute more paying more.

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