Editing Pennsylvania Turnpike (section)

===Act 44, Act 89, and toll increases===
Under a 2007 law, Act 44, the Turnpike has been mandated to provide $450 million, a sizable share of its revenue, annually to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Department of Transportation for transit and other purposes.<ref name=Cramer>{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania Court Case Sheds Light on Long-Running Toll Revenue Saga |author=William Cramer |website=ibtta |date=September 10, 2019 |url=https://www.ibtta.org/insights/pennsylvania-court-case-sheds-light-long-running-toll-revenue-saga}}</ref> The PTC, which previously had raised tolls only six times in 64 years,<ref name=TPKAct44>{{cite web |title=PA Turnpike Makes Final $450 Million Transit Payment to PennDOT Today |website=PATurnpike.com |url=https://www.paturnpike.com/news/details/2021/09/14/20210728144102 |date=July 28, 2021 |accessdate=April 23, 2025}}</ref> began to increase tolls every January 1. Its debt increased to be about equal to the entire General Obligation debt of the state.<ref name=TPKAct44 /> Under Act 89 of 2013, the $450 million payments were to be reduced to $50 million in 2022. But the Turnpike still must work off the debt, all of which is in 30-year bonds, and so annual toll increases will continue for many years.<ref name=Cramer />

An analysis by Australian insurance company [[Budget Direct]] found the Pennsylvania Turnpike the world's most expensive toll road.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Which countries have the most expensive toll roads? {{!}} Car Research & Statistics — Budget Direct™ |url=https://www.budgetdirect.com.au/car-insurance/research/taking-the-toll.html |access-date=September 12, 2023 |website=Budget Direct |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="www.cbsnews.com-2021">{{Cite web |date = March 8, 2021 |title = Pennsylvania Turnpike Rejects Claims That Its Tolls Are The Highest In The World – CBS Pittsburgh |url = https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pennsylvania-turnpike-most-expensive-toll-road/ |access-date = September 12, 2023 |website = www.cbsnews.com |language = en-US }}</ref> Turnpike spokesperson Carl DeFebo disputed Budget Direct's claim, saying that the analysis looked at all of the turnpike's toll roads together; "Nobody would ever go south towards Pittsburgh, east towards Philadelphia, then north towards Scranton. That's a 400-plus mile trip", and turnpike tolls are comparable to other toll roads on a per-mile basis.<ref name="www.cbsnews.com-2021" />