More than 30 construction, engineering, transportation and other groups and companies have called on key congressional lawmakers to include steps to implement a new national vehicle-miles-traveled, or VMT, fee as they draft a new surface transportation bill in coming weeks.
In an April 13 letter to Senate and House committee leaders working on major parts of the envisioned transportation bill, the organizations and companies say the flow of motor-fuel taxes into the Highway Trust Fund has weakened, due to more electric vehicles and increased fuel efficiency of conventional cars and trucks.