I-83 South Bridge: PennDOT eyes replacement, possibly tolling it to pay for costs

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3. My Problem With This Approach

is that tolls are most cost effective in high traffic areas. But those areas are already theoretically paying for their maintenance through the gas tax. So you're in effect taxed twice, once through the fuel tax and second with a toll.

There are miles and miles of interstate type highways in areas of PA that are basically rural with shrinking populations. Those are the stretches of highway that suck up resources that aren't theoretically paid for by the cars that use them. These are the roads that should be tolled not the more used highways that may actually be fully paid for by the traffic that travels on them. Once again, you're siphoning revenue from blue to red.