Gas Tax Plan. Increase. Then Replace.

What’s happening? Pennsylvania is doing a deep dive on transportation funding with its 46-member Pennsylvania Transportation Revenue Options Commission, consisting of lawmakers, transportation leaders and others in the transportation industry.

Why is this important? The hype is focused on a 4.2 cent increase and then a repeal of the entire gas tax within a decade.

How will this be important? the laundry list of options is interesting: move police funding to roads, pay as you drive fees, a delivery service tax, increase vehicle registration fees, increase vehicle taxes…

Reading Eagle | Plan would raise, then replace, the gas tax to fund transportation in Pa.