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IIRC, gas tax comes pretty close to paying for roads - as in, its not enough, but not an order of magnitude off.
by sbov 10y ago
IIRC, gas tax comes pretty close to paying for roads - as in, its not enough, but not an order of magnitude off.
- CalRobert 10y agoRoughly half, though this varies widely and is prone to differences of opinion on what counts as paying for roads. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_State... https://taxfoundation.org/gasoline-taxes-and-user-fees-pay-only-half-state-local-road-spending https://taxfoundation.org/gasoline-taxes-and-user-fees-pay-o...
- TulliusCicero 10y agoAside from the fact that this isn't really true, you have to also account for many externalities that car dominance creates: - Land use. While every transportation mode uses land, cars use way more, and in dense urban areas that land is very valuable; users of the land who are driving are getting it 'for free', when it could go to a more productive purpose. - Pollution - Noise - Danger All of these are 'costs' that just looking at how much money you spend on roads won't account for.