road finance

US transportation secretary Ray LaHood told an AP reporter Thursday that the country can't count on gasoline/diesel taxes to raise money for roads, adding: "We should look at the vehicular miles program where people are actually clocked on the number of miles that they traveled."

The example-de-jour among the Washington highway lobbyists is the "China model." The Chinese are spending big on highways and we need to too, is the gist of their message.