Figure 2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Federal Motor Fuel Tax per Household: 1966–1998,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, (a) Current Dollars,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998 Motor fuel tax,33.22,33.44,35.02,36.68,37.39,37.74,39.1,40.93,37.67,37.94,38.81,39.15,39.23,37.46,34.03,34.2,34.56,68.07,80.82,81.61,85.41,88.01,87.51,87.69,89.36,126.37,129.33,141.48,170.96,174.88,172.83,172.86,175.78 Motor fuel tax minus deficit reduction tax,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,87.69,87.41,103.97,106.4,108.15,107.78,116.19,132.22,142.43,175.78 (b) Chained Dollars,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998 Motor fuel tax,138.5142893,135.2310603,135.7894972,135.6847486,131.2866616,125.894621,124.9601206,123.7645061,104.8470735,96.6536396,93.29342663,88.33713349,82.78014427,73.11523369,61.01396416,56.10460591,53.44688105,101.1246034,115.7873547,113.3734519,116.1247392,116.3032204,111.8783447,107.93,105.86,144.82,145.08,154.55,182.92,183.2,177.78,174.89,175.78 Motor fuel tax minus deficit reduction tax,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,107.93,103.55,119.14,119.36,118.14,115.32,121.72,136,144.11,175.78 SOURCES: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "“Federal Gas Tax: Household Expenditures from 1965 to 1995,” TranStat, ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, August 1997. "1998 data—U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation " "Statistics estimates based on U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of " "Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business, various issues; U.S. " "Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Consumer Expenditure " "Survey,” 1996, 1997, and 1998; and U.S. Department of Transportation, " "Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 1998 (Washington, " DC: 1999).