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Since the gas taxes are often diverted to non-road purposes.... I'll make you a deal. Let the cities pay for the mass transit systems (capital and running cos
by anamax 15y ago
Since the gas taxes are often diverted to non-road purposes....
I'll make you a deal. Let the cities pay for the mass transit systems (capital and running costs) and let the urbs pay for their highways. Both pay for their streets.
- philwelch 15y agoIf you implemented that completely, I think you'd see a pretty massive correction and living in the suburbs would become much more expensive. State and even federal taxes fundamentally redistribute wealth out of cities and into sparsely populated regions--correcting for that alone is probably more than the realistic urbanist can ever hope for.
- anamax 15y ago> If you implemented that completely, I think you'd see a pretty massive correction and living in the suburbs would become much more expensive. Go for it.