OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR BROWN ON THE GAS TAX

Stephanie Pollack, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University, and Richard A. Dimino, A Better City, want to set the record straight about the current gas tax MA levies - .21 cents/gal - and the last time MA increased the gas tax - 1991 - and that the MA gas tax is NOT higher than the National Average - it is lower.  Once the facts are on the table, then the serious discussions can commence.

We do not endorse the gasoline tax or any particular revenue option at this time but we do believe that the time is long since past for a serious policy conversation on how Massachusetts can find the revenue needed to invest in our aging transportation infrastructure.   [Full Letter: Northeastern University]