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F A C T Future-Proofing Wisconsin’s Highway Funding System The motor vehicle fuel tax, long the mainstay for highway funding in Wisconsin, is becoming unsustainable as a revenue source due to increased vehicle mileage and popularity of vehicles that use no fuel. [...] FADING REVENUE The average fuel efficiency of a new car in 2019 was about 90% higher than The motor vehicle fuel tax the mileage of a new car in 1975. [...] Even with increased revenue consumption from annual fees on electric vehicles, the fuel tax rate would have to rise about 50% to just bring in the same amount of revenue. [...] In 2022 A new system should fix all the shortcomings of the fuel tax and begin with .025 something that offers large, visible benefits to highway users — paying for % the rebuilding and improvement of key corridors. [...] HOW TO START Where Wisconsin vehicle miles are traveled Wisconsin should launch such a system on limited-access roads, which carry about 28% of vehicle miles, are the costliest to build and maintain, and are the easiest on which to measure access, relying exclusively on a no-stopping Local roads transponder system such as the one used now on many toll roads throughout 19% the country.