A D.C. councilman is seeking to raise the city’s gas tax by 10 cents per gallon to help pay for Metro’s daily costs, an unprecedented move in a region that lacks a permanent funding stream for the transit agency.
Councilman Jim Graham, D-Ward 1, introduced a bill on Tuesday to raise the gasoline tax from 23.5 cents per gallon to 33.5 cents per gallon, with all the money going to the city’s share of the Metro subsidy. It would bring the District to ninth place among highest gas taxes nationwide, said his spokesman, Brian DeBose.
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