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Sure, it seems like a lot, but here's a quick read to explain why it's not:
https://frontiergroup.org/resources/who-pays-roads/
Gas taxes generate only about $50 billion of revenue, when car infrastructure spending is in the hundreds of billions per year. At this point I pay more in regular taxes than someone who drives regularly pays in gas tax. Plus the gas tax is out of the picture when we consider EVs – which still have a majority of problems gas vehicles do, and cost individuals who don't drive a ton of money still, minus the constant pollution.