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behindmyscreen · 2019-04-04 21:46:07

More like people are finally going to feel the fiscal responsibility for their road use in a much more direct way.

Piskvorrr | karma 5073 | avg karma 1.42 · | 2018-04-05 11:44:15

Seems to. If this becomes widespread, cities could just abdicate attempts at road work- do it yourself, citizen. (But not the taxes, obviously, those still need to be paid in full.)

Fricken | karma 7082 | avg karma 3.45 · | 2017-09-06 19:57:44+00:00

We will at some point have to do a total rethink of how we pay for roads.

StanislavPetrov | karma 3070 | avg karma 1.53 · | 2024-05-31 07:57:02

In many cases now it's primarily about shifting the tax burden on the cost of public roads/sewers ect.

sharpercoder | karma 917 | avg karma 2.79 · | 2018-04-02 10:16:02+00:00

In America, I predict society to realize they need much less roads. It's much better to have less but much better quality roads.

I'm unsure of how this change will get traction. I suspect states will eventually explain their infra budget cuts.

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verisimi | karma 346 | avg karma 0.18 · | 2022-11-27 06:02:31

The government used our taxes to build all the roads. Now they are using our taxes to get drivers off them. What wheeze will they come up with next?

petr3572 | karma 1 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2016-10-19 16:58:30+00:00

who will pay for the traffic now ?

strken | karma 7366 | avg karma 3.99 · | 2023-10-03 06:19:00

This is a hilariously perverse incentive for governments, since worse roads now mean better revenue and saving the cost of maintenance.

BurningFrog | karma 23526 | avg karma 2.88 · | 2018-02-26 03:02:16+00:00

Paying for road usage is the solution to all traffic problems!

bmicraft | karma 801 | avg karma 1.67 · | 2021-09-30 10:51:38

Every road user also uses roads paid for by every tax payer so there's that.

teakettle42 | karma 2068 | avg karma 3.87 · | 2022-07-07 19:44:57

The roads we mutually pay for belong to us collectively, too.

lotsofpulp | karma 34330 | avg karma 1.97 · | 2022-11-02 11:22:20

The government is already tasked with managing roads and traffic.

nu11us | karma 4 | avg karma 2.0 · | 2021-07-04 11:46:59+00:00

Cities ate receiving federal funds to fix their roads. Instead of going broke, it’s just become a situation in which we’re all paying for it.

ThrustVectoring | karma 9303 | avg karma 3.4 · | 2018-06-11 15:25:23

I mean, cities already pay for roads, and food trucks are a thing.

aetherson | karma 8214 | avg karma 3.91 · | 2017-12-13 21:30:12

We can afford more road maintenance.

nasmorn | karma 1008 | avg karma 1.74 · | 2012-08-16 10:29:50+00:00

One can expect a little bit of taxpayer subsidy in the future, since it is freeing up incredibly valuable road space that in most city centers is a limited resource that can't be expanded.

Gibbon1 | karma 7778 | avg karma 1.11 · | 2017-03-07 02:13:47+00:00

This is great. The rabble gets to pay for the roads. And the wealthy get to drive on them without some fool in his 1998 Honda Civic getting in the way.

matwood | karma 18013 | avg karma 2.75 · | 2016-02-05 08:58:29

This is already done through property taxes in many states. Unfortunately much of this money is used for things other than improving transportation.

52-6F-62 | karma 6159 | avg karma 1.93 · | 2017-11-30 15:34:40+00:00

I think you're right. It at least means its being taken seriously. And I think it bodes well for civilization in general if it's not just some underground hideaway of value, but actually contributing. Beyond just paying for roads, taxes and some of the loopholes present are a general effort to keep exchanges of value moving. At least that's the intention... so that things like this don't happen:

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2V

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tudelo | karma 619 | avg karma 1.23 · | 2021-08-02 10:25:40

Every road having a toll is your idea of the future? Or am I misunderstanding something.