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Focuses on the state government plan to use global positioning system (GPS) devices to collect road tax from drivers in Oregon. Decline in revenue from gas tax in the region; Information on the creation of the Road User Fee Task Force to examine revenue sources for road maintenance in the state; Comment from James Whitty, manager of the Oregon Department of Transportation, on the GPS program.

This article focuses on the fundamental disconnect between governments that raise transportation-specific taxes and those that actually spend money on transportation in the U.S. The imbalance has become a contentious political issue as municipalities are facing tremendous pressure to spend even more on transportation infrastructure. Both the federal and provincial governments impose consumption taxes on fuel. The federal government spends in five transportation-related areas, such as, air, road, rail, water, and other. The federal government spends far less on transportation than it raises in transportation-specific revenues.

The article reports on the charges passed by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) against the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) concerning the released data on highway trust funds. It notes that the fund has dropped due to plummeted retail taxes on truck after ARTBA conducted an analysis of federal data. DOT stresses that more fuel-efficient vehicles and decreased traffic volume has threatened the fund since it relies mostly on fuel taxes for revenues.

The article reports that some states in the U.S. are planning to implement mileage-based tax for drivers rather than the amount of gas they use, to compensate for continuing decreases in gas consumption due to fuel-efficient cars. It mentions that gas tax revenue is used to maintain the nation's roads and highways, and decrease in gas revenue means less money for maintenance and improvements even though highway use is increasing.

The article reports that some of the Missouri legislators want to place a measure on the ballot in 2008 that would ask voters to approve a one-cent sales tax increase for transportation projects. The legislation aims to bring in $7.3 billion of revenues over 10 years to fund expansion of Interstate 70 and Interstate 44. Furthermore, state would promote the idea that the Missouri Department of Transportation would include truck-only lanes.

Reports the market of the Arizona Department of Transportation of excise tax revenue bonds to finance highway construction under a tax-payer-approved initiative in Dallas, Texas. Negotiation of deal headed by Salomon Smith Barney Inc.; Rating of the deal by different agencies; Implication of the deal to the excise tax revenue bonds.