It is an unfortunate fact of life that our roads are deteriorating while congestion worsens every year. Fixing our roads will not be easy; billions of dollars will be needed to stave off further declines, and there is little appetite in Congress to raise federal taxes on gasoline. The table below shows that current spending proposals for highways and mass transit for the next six years far outstrip the $218 billion spent on roads and mass transit over the previous six years. The overarching question is how will the federal government fund a significant increase in surface transportation expenditures without raising gasoline taxes.