The Tom Warne Report, 16 January 2012
A transportation funding package was unveiled in the first days of the Pennsylvania legislative session, which mirrored the recommendations of a governor-appointed advisory commission issued this summer. The report included recommendations for ways to raise about $2.7 billion in new funding within five years, in order to address the expectation of transportation funding needs tripling by 2030. Bills include removing a cap on the tax on wholesale fuel prices, increasing vehicle and registration fees. Another bill would route money from the Pennsylvania Turnpike for mass transit, moving $450 million from the roadway to transit.