Forum | RELO Roundtable...a gathering place http://reloroundtable.com/blog/forum/?group=3 Simple:Press Forum Version 4.2.0 Eric Anders on LaHood’s User Tax Idea Squelched http://reloroundtable.com/blog/forum/heard-on-the-street/lahoods-user-tax-idea-squelched/#p10 Heard on the Street http://reloroundtable.com/blog/forum/heard-on-the-street/lahoods-user-tax-idea-squelched/#p10 Last week Secretary of Transportation LaHood floated the idea of a mileage-based user tax user tax which the Obama administration promptly squelched. What’s important to note, however, is that Ray took a conversation that’s already been started to the public.

The idea is not all that radical – especially to truckers. Some states already have small-scale, economically viable experiments in place using commercial payment options like PrePass and EZ Pass. 

Bill Graves, President and CEO of American Trucking Associations, came out in favor of a funding model based on the Federal fuel tax system. His support was ...

]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:30:12 +0000 Eric Anders on Lower Pump Prices = Silver Sales Lining? http://reloroundtable.com/blog/forum/heard-on-the-street/lower-pump-prices-silver-sales-lining/#p2 Heard on the Street http://reloroundtable.com/blog/forum/heard-on-the-street/lower-pump-prices-silver-sales-lining/#p2 Despite the fact that the average price at the pump has fallen almost every day for the last three months, the fuel surcharge rates being charged customers aren’t tumbling as fast since the cost of diesel doesn’t drop as fast as gasoline.  What has fallen is the amount it takes for estimators to fill up.   

Have falling gas prices affected the number of physical surveys that you or your company is performing?

Has this drop in price encouraged salespeople to be more willing to look at smaller households? Are they going farther to do perform an estimate?

 

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