Gov. Patrick's message on the gas tax

There's a lot of meat here missing from the Globe's story. I particularly value the breakdown of where Deval proposes to spend the revenue:

• 4 cents to roll back the toll increase on the Turnpike and Tunnels;
• 6 cents to maintain existing MBTA services, and avoid fare increases over the next few years;
• 1.5 cents to Regional Transit Authorities;
• 1.5 cents to targeted regional road projects;
• 3 cents to southern, western and northern rail projects;
• 1 cent for innovative gas and toll solutions;
• And 2 cents to begin to stop the costly practice of paying for transportation personnel from capital funds

There's also a portal to the Patrick administration's transportation plans here.

By the way, if that 1 cent for "innovative gas and toll solutions" is for GPS-surveilled mileage taxes, I'm still against that part of the plan.