The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently published an article highlighting a Pennsylvania commission’s report to modernize how the state funds its’ transportation needs.

We encourage North Carolina lawmakers to demonstrate visionary leadership here to recognize the changing landscape by modernizing and diversifying our revenue streams to ensure we can maintain and invest in our transportation system.

A state commission’s recipe for revamping transportation funding includes eliminating one key ingredient — the gasoline tax — increasing others such as vehicle registration and rental fees, and adding new ones like taxes for package delivery, miles driven, and Uber and Lyft rides.”