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Hogsett has always promised not to increase the wheel tax. So, of course, the IN GOP has consistently pushed Hogsett to raise the wheel tax rather than create a more equitable road funding formula. It’s probably time that Indy increases its wheel tax, but this is one of many ways that Statehouse Republicans: 1) Make successful parts of the state pay taxes more than everybody else; and 2) Force city leaders from opposing political parties look bad.
“We’ll only help fix your road funding issue if you break your campaign promises by raising taxes, all while we funnel money out of your city to fund highways to nowhere in rural Indiana.”
Backwards state.
IN and Indy has always been a pay to play state and city, no matter which party is in charge, and both have practiced dirty and retribution politics since the beginning of time. This time maybe Hog and Parker have hired the right lobbyists
This is good news…but the wheel tax definitely needs to be raised.
no it doesn’t. we have one of the highest gas taxes in the country. there should be plenty of money for roads (state roads). Indianapolis getting 11 cents back on the dollar is wrong.
the bus lines were a terrible idea. not very forward thinking with self driving cars coming soon.
no taxes need to be be raised – efficiency needs to be addressed at all levels.
The Federal gas tax hasn’t been raised or adjusted for inflation since 1993. It’s effectively worthless. The Highway Trust Fund has only been kept solvent by infusions of cash from General Fund, which has been occurring annually since 2007. Federal taxes on motorists need to increase by 300% to bring the Highway Trust Fund up to solvency. The local wheel tax hasn’t been raised in decades, either. Drivers have been getting a pretty comfortable almost-free ride for quite some time.
Buses v. self-driving cars are a non-sequitur, but analyses from various transit agencies have found that autonomous vehicles quickly become overwhelmed during peak period and even at moderate population densities. They’re a tool, but not a one-size-fits-all solution.
I probably am shooting myself in the foot here, but as a suburban county resident who commutes to Marion County daily, exactly zero from my wheel/surtaxes goes to improve the roads I drive on daily in Indianapolis. And of the gas that I buy in Marion County (which is virtually all of it), the City only gets 11% of the tax I pay the state?
This is not right.
The best way to reduce the cost it takes to maintain our roads is to implement more road diets around the city. The state should consider tolls on those entering the county on highways as well. We could also join the majority of states and legalize or at least decriminalize the sale of marijuana.
Indianapolis has tried to do road diets, but Aaron Freeman (R) tries to push Indianapolis to maintain the infrastructure that it can’t afford to maintain while the legislature is trying to FURTHER reduce funding for cities. It’s madness and it’s unsustainable. I for one, would be amenable to making I-69 a toll road outside the metro area. We spent almost double the amount that Mitch Daniels said it would cost and currently have no plans for the impending maintenance boondoggle that will come soon enough. The legislature can no longer blame leftward politics (with a straight face) for the issues they’ve been causing for the 20 years they have been in power.
Add it UP ! TRUMP’s Tariffs taxes = a Hidden National Sales Tax on the imported content of products we buy , plus soaring Property taxes ,plus Income taxes (Federal,State.County, Local) plus proposing increasing wheel and excise taxes on vehicles ! We are being taxed into poverty ! Then add soaring insurance premium rates on top of all of that ! The gap between after tax prices and actual value is widening.
Seriously??
Cut our trips to Indy down from 30, or so, per year to just 3. Those were trips to restaurants and entertainment. We’ve suffered $4,000 in tire/wheel/hub/bearing damage from massive chuckholes in Indy in recent years.
Digging the hole deeper… the ridiculous lane ‘mazes’ from the Red Line debacle, homelessness, filth and crime. Until I fled to Hamilton County.
I was a lifetime resident of Indy. Now I’m ashamed to mention it. I suggest to friends, relatives and acquaintances to visit Nashville TN.
No confidence Indy will spend any money raised for streets on the streets.
Stay in the burbs then. In about 20 years, probably sooner, Carmel and its growing brethren will be unable to maintain all of the roads and over-the-top public spaces they have built.
Seriously?