“Well Within Reach”

The Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia has issued an important new report on transportation, “Well Within Reach: America’s New Transportation Agenda.” The report is the brainchild of former Gov. Gerald Baliles, the last governor of Virgina to think seriously about transportation.

I haven’t had time to read it closely enough yet to provide any thoughtful comments, but a quick glance suggests that the report does incorporate some new thinking, as evidenced from this quote in the executive summary: “Funding for the Highway System was intended to come from drivers, but the current fuel tax no longer creates a direct link between charges and use. We must return to a ‘pay as you go’ system.”