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Phasing out Pa.’s gas tax creates a new challenge: What comes next? | Editorial

Gov. Wolf called the gas tax “unreliable” and “burdensome,” and he has a point. But coming up with a better alternative in four months is a tall order.

Coming off two lanes on I-676, the Vine Street Expressway,  trucks and cars merge into a single lane as they enter westbound I-76, the Schuylkill Expressway Mar. 4, 2021. The interchange ranks #26 as the worst choke points for truck traffic on U.S. highways and freeways, according to the American Traffic Research Institute. It is the worst of five Philadelphia bottlenecks that made the annual list of 100.
Coming off two lanes on I-676, the Vine Street Expressway, trucks and cars merge into a single lane as they enter westbound I-76, the Schuylkill Expressway Mar. 4, 2021. The interchange ranks #26 as the worst choke points for truck traffic on U.S. highways and freeways, according to the American Traffic Research Institute. It is the worst of five Philadelphia bottlenecks that made the annual list of 100.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer