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Good news for state and local Libertarian candidates. A new Reason-Rupe poll of 1,200 Americans finds the public agrees with you.  The poll, as reported by Reason, finds:

-77% oppose raising the federal gas tax

-Only 33% think transit should get more funding than its share in travel

-By a margin of 62% to 30% Americans favor more spending on roads because people and goods use them, as opposed to shifting funding to transit and other non-driving alternatives to try to get people out of cars.

-58% think new lanes or new highways should be funded with tolls rather than tax increases, and 59% say they would pay a toll if it would save them a significant amount of time

-57% support converting HOV lanes to HOT lanes, meaning letting single-occupant vehicles use carpool lanes if they pay a toll.

-55% support public private partnerships to build new roads and other infrastructure

-By 55% to 34% they support private companies funding and building high speed rails lines rather than the government.