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As a matter of fact, 70 percent of the construction and maintenance costs of Interstate Highways in the United States has been paidthrough user fees, primarily the fuel taxes collected by the federal, state, and local governments.
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The ridiculous slander on drivers is constantly being spread by folks obviously have no clue that on top of paying for 70% of all road construction in the US...

Whoops. These two things are not the same! "Interstate Highways" are not "all road construction in the US," not by a long shot. And most of the rest of it, especially local roads, are paid for with general funding - from ALL of us.

As for transit, it has huge benefits even for people who do not use it. The fact that transit has land-use impacts like increased density means we all (not just transit riders) save on other kinds of infrastructure. It also gets people out of cars and hence out of your way if you can't or don't want to use traffic - that benefits YOU, not transit riders. Doesn't seem to me that transit riders should have to shell out for benefits that go to other people or the public at large.

by MLD on Jul 10, 2012 12:35 pm • link • report

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