While Pennsylvania gets 78% of road revenue from the gasoline tax, other states have a more diverse funding system. New York, for example, gets about 20% of road funds from the gas tax.
But even before the pandemic kept drivers off the road, revenue from the 58.7 cents a gallon tax wasn’t growing as much as needed because vehicles have become more fuel efficient, and electric vehicles don’t contribute. The result is the state doesn’t devote enough money to roads and especially bridges, where the state regularly ranks in the top five for the most bridges in poor condition despite upgrading hundreds every year, Ms. Gramian said.Ms.
Ms. Gramian said she’s “very optimistic” the Legislature will address her department’s funding. Leaders seemed particularly interested in moving state police funding to the general fund, establishing a fee for owners of electric vehicles ,and the fees for packages and Uber/ Lyft rides, she said. Rep. Tim Hennessey, R- Pottstown and chair of the House Transportation Committee, was a little more optimistic. He noted the recommendations from the Wolf commission called for changes in three phases and he believes legislators will move ahead with items in the first phase such as fees for electric vehicles and maybe the package delivery fees.
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