Mileage-based road tax ideas could stall out over privacy concerns

LANSING

Proposals to give Michigan’s road funding methods a tune-up could face a speed bump from privacy advocates.

One proposal: The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a freemarket think tank, advocates a mileage-based user fee rather than relying on the current pergallon fuel taxes to fund roadway projects and maintenance.

“We would have a more efficient and more effective system if we better tied …