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Congress is moving to restrict tolling on I-80, which was the centerpiece of Rendell’s deal to fund transportation in Pennsylvania. For once, folks, Congress does something useful! “The amount of federal money transferred from the state motor license fund to mass transit funds in Pennsylvania is unprecedented compared to the rest of the country, further … Continue reading “Sticking it to Fast Eddie on Tolls”
Rendell is currently taking his budget signing on tour to several Pennsylvania towns, talking about great the extra transportation spending is, and how taxes didn’t have to be raised. That is, unless you commute on the PA turnpike or I-80. I pay $600 a year to the PA turnpike commission. After this I’ll pay $750, … Continue reading “Taxes for Me, Not for Thee”
Today Ed Rendell is on a roll: The bill – HB1590 – earmarks about $950 million annually for roads, bridges and mass transit. The money would come from sources that include boosting tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike by 25 percent in 2009 and increasing the toll rate by 3 percent each year thereafter. It also … Continue reading “Yay for Tolls”
What’s to like: No tax increases. Some caps on spending Rendell doesn’t get his smoking ban What’s not to like: I-80 tolls will be forthcoming SEPTA once again blackmails more money from the state budget with threatened fare hikes and service cuts.