[amykhar]

It kind of makes sense because gasoline taxes help fund road projects. Of course, if you live in a state like Pennsylvania, there's not much evidence of real improvements to the pothole infested roads.

[DANmode]

On-topic: tire taxes already go into a Federal cleanup fund, increasing those makes sense.

Off-topic: Metal doesn’t do well in that region,

you expect better from road-materials?

When in PA/NY and others near the Lakes, I regularly see newer rusted cars,

rusted-out newer satellite dishes…

PennDOT is possibly one of the best in the country.

Your expectations for the physical shape of the roads and their materials are absurd,

given the chronic, sustained WEEKS of humidity, precipitation/snow in the region.

[stasomatic]

Have you been to Europe? I just returned from Paris where it rained and hailed last week. The roads are pristine. Same in London.

[DANmode]

Good luck getting Pennsylvanians to spend over £300 million per year, per city, on roads, like London does.

That should scale.

More serious, on topic reply:

The combination heat and humidity during Summer is the differentiating factor. Worse than London etc.

You can rebuild the road twice a year, still gonna crack.

[stasomatic]

It can be done was my point. Our taxes go elsewhere though.

>You can rebuild the road twice a year, still gonna crack.

Rebuild or patch potholes? It's been over 2 decades since I've been to Philly and Pittsburg, not sure how things are now. I lived in the tri-state area for 15 years until '05. Never saw anything approaching rebuilding, just mickey mouse patching (Brooklyn, NJ, Manhattan).