Poll: Make gas guzzlers pay higher fees
A telephone survey of 1,500 Californians, dialed randomly, found support for green transportation taxes and fees - charges that rise and fall with the amount of pollution a vehicle emits.
– 63 percent supported doubling the vehicle registration fee, now an average of $31, and charging higher rates for polluting vehicles and lower rates for clean vehicles.
– 65 percent supported a tax and rebate system for new vehicle purchases that would give a rebate of up to $1,000 for clean cars and impose a tax of as much as $2,000 for higher-polluting cars.
