Only 50% of road maintenance is paid for by drivers via gas and registration taxes, the rest is covered by town and city taxes. So assuming that cyclists cause

Only 50% of road maintenance is paid for by drivers via gas and registration taxes, the rest is covered by town and city taxes. So assuming that cyclists cause less than 50% of road wear, they are already paying more than their fare share of maintenance costs via town and city taxes. These figures are from 2010: http://usa.streetsblog.org/2013/01/23/drivers-cover-just-51-percent-of-u-s-road-spending/ http://usa.streetsblog.org/2013/01/23/drivers-cover-just-51-...