Charging those who use roads for maintenance way to go

‘A true user fee might be where we are going.’

Before Michael Lewis was hired to run Rhode Island’s transportation system, he spent two decades working on Boston’s impressive and notorious Big Dig project. Keeping the Ocean State’s highways open and buses running isn’t as glamorous as the central-artery tunnel, but in its own way is just as challenging. With costs rising to maintain public transportation, a number of bridge projects due and gas-tax revenue flat, Lewis has embarked on the unpleasant job of seeking toll increases. If that weren’t enough, the state’s long-term vision and investment in extending commuter-rail service is again coming up against unpleasant fiscal realities. More
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