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Whether or not car driving is subsidized, it's incorrect to suggest that it's levied uniformly across the population. Gas tax makes up a very large fraction of
by jessriedel 9y ago
Whether or not car driving is subsidized, it's incorrect to suggest that it's levied uniformly across the population. Gas tax makes up a very large fraction of public spending on roads.
Also, although buses and trains charge per user, they are also heavily subsidized.
- Fricken 9y agoBusses are part of the public transportation infrastructure, just like roads, sidewalks, bridges and everything else. It's weird that they aren't fully subsidized.
- hueving 9y agoBut roads aren't fully subsidized. That's what the gas tax is for. Drivers of electric cars are currently free-riders, which is something that will have to be addressed if they become a significant fraction of drivers.
- thatcat 9y agoElectric cars are technically still taxed on electricity, registration, and purchase. They shouldn't be taxed further until other cars are forced to pay the full cost of their effects including NOx and CO2.
- hueving 9y agoThose taxes are not specifically for roads like the gas tax is.
- Fricken 9y agoWe will at some point have to do a total rethink of how we pay for roads.