masstransitmag : "Brown argued that the Legislature needs to act now to pass the bill, which would raise $5 billion annually for public transit and road repairs through a 12-cent-per-gallon gas tax increase, new taxes on diesel, and new vehicle registration fees. The proposal follows years of debate over how to pay to fix the growing number of chewed-up streets and crumbling bridges.
"I know this is a political concern because people don't like gas taxes," Brown told the Senate appropriations committee. "But what do you do?""
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