By the Numbers. Pennsylvania’s Miles Driven Fee

What’s happening? Pennsylvania is adding a miles driven fee to compensate for declining gas tax revenues.

Why is this important? The numbers behind the new miles driven fee:

• 33% fee reduction for trucks
• 8.1 cents per mile fee for delivery and freight trucks inlet of the diesel tax of 73 cents a gallon
• 3X the cost for a car that drives 13,000 miles per year at an average of 25 mpg
• $15 billion a year needed for transportation funding annually in Pennsylvania to meet transportation needs
• $1 fee for package delivery
• $1.11 fee for each ride share ride
• $5 (up from $3) state vehicle rental tax

How will this be important? Every state has declining gas tax revenues and many are considering miles driven fees.

Pittsburgh Post Gazette | Under proposed mileage fee, truckers could save 33%, but cars would pay three times more