17% of the Highway trust fund goes to light rail, bike trails, pedestrian paths and the like. 5% goes to cleaning out underground storage tanks. Congress and the president have been raiding that fund and consequently, highway maintenance has suffered. That was deliberate—leftists don’t like highways and mass transit plans are a key element in implementing Agenda 21.
Stop spending the trust fund on non-highway expenses and you don’t have to raise gas taxes.
Besides, if they raise gas taxes, Congress will just figure out how to spend it on stuff they want, not highways.
If they stopped spending on bike trails, garages, museums, public education and graffiti removal, maybe there’s enough left to resurface crumbling roads.