That is a very low gas tax. In Germany it's €2.47 per gallon/ €0.65 per liter. Edit: Your numbers for california amount to about $10.6B per year - and the tran

That is a very low gas tax. In Germany it's €2.47 per gallon/ €0.65 per liter. Edit: Your numbers for california amount to about $10.6B per year - and the transportation budget for california for the current fiscal year is $23.5 billion [0]. So the tax pays for less than half of the costs. [0] = https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3948#Overview_of_Governor.2019s_Transportation_Budget_1 https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3948#Overview_of_Gove...