“Actually (believe it or not), in New Jersey the answer to that question is NO. That’s why this state’s transportation trust fund is going to be depleted entirely in a few years.”
Are you sure that the depletion of the “transportation trust fund” is not do to any siphoning off of some of its “reserves” to non-transportation related costs, as part of previous budgetary fixes, and now, instead of restoring it from other revenue sources, the “drivers” are going to be asked to make-up for capital they already raised, that was removed from serving the transportation purposes it was raised for?
New Jersey has one of the lowest fuel taxes in the country -- and as of this year I think every penny of it is allocated to the transportation trust fund. New Jersey motorists don't -- through their fuel taxes, at least -- actually pay for all the costs associated with keeping the highways in a state of good repair.
Don’t forget the siphoning off of the highway funds for Public Transportation. Soon, they will start taking more funds for Green/Climate change that will be coming.