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In Texas the state government does not want the toll roads to become public because the revenue collected from gasoline taxes and vehicle registration is not en
by BitwiseFool 4y ago
In Texas the state government does not want the toll roads to become public because the revenue collected from gasoline taxes and vehicle registration is not enough to pay for their upkeep.
- MereInterest 4y agoI’m not quite following your argument. If the gasoline taxes and vehicle registration aren’t enough to pay for the upkeep of newly public roads, why wouldn’t they continue to be funded as they currently are? There’s nothing to say that public roads must be toll-free roads. The tolls could even be lowered from their current values, receiving from the maximum drivers are willing to pay to minimum required for upkeep.
- mr_toad 4y agoRaising tolls won’t get you any votes, so there’s always a temptation to collect less revenue than is needed.
- BitwiseFool 4y agoI'm not arguing for anything in particular, just relaying what I've heard about the situation. One of the compromises that allowed for the construction of several major toll roads decades ago was that they would eventually become public and toll-free. But, this can be delayed by implementing continual capital improvements and making sure the road is never fully paid off.
- quantumwannabe 4y agoThat's because Texas diverts a large percentage of the gas tax to the school system.