I was interested in the Aug. 26 story “Worst U.S. traffic ever? Improving economy fuels congestion” and tried to connect the dots between congestion and fuel taxes. California has four cities in the top 10 with the worst congestion but has the fourth-highest gas tax (taxfoundation.org/blog/how-high-are-gas-taxes-your-state). New York/Newark is No. 4 in congestion, and New York state has the second-highest gas tax. Seattle is No. 7 in congestion, and Washington has the sixth-highest gas tax. (The Seattle Times says we’ll be No. 2 next summer.)
This story seems to conclude that higher federal gas tax and some social engineering will solve the problem. I’m thinking that higher gas taxes are the problem. What am I missing here?
