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The paying for it in our electric bills seems difficult and inappropriate relative to the just pay to use or have it. People like to complain but it all needs to be paid for. Ironically many around here think we have our free bike freeways but that's not true. It is important to have people thinking about new and better mousetraps. Think about the benefits to rural residents too. So much commuting and travel goes on that better urban planning benefits the commuters, visitors and residents. I'm only starting to get old so it will be exciting to watch how we might solve transportation problems!
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For the state to deal with this, they have to pass tax increases - which is often unpopular. More logical, but perhaps equally unpopular, would be to calculate a road-damage factor based on vehicle weight, wheel size, and number of wheels. Then multiply miles driven by the RDF to compute the fee each vehicle owes. |
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Well, there is an alternative, but forum rules prevent that discussion.
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I can also guess how unpopular it would be based on my own city's and others' solutions to problems coming from state statutes. My city did one time assessments. In reality it was fair. IIRC, we got a $915 bill in June. We got a wonderfully redone street and curb repairs a few months later. Some of the people who asked for that fairness screamed the most. The city actually got a good deal for the amount of work done. You nailed it on the unpopularity. What happened is my state limited the municipalities' ability to tax. It started as very popular and turned our once great roads to among the nation's worst. My better off city just sent us the bill. Other places struggle with that. No one want tolls or increased license plate fees. Aren't homo sapiens a funny bunch? Good luck to both sides of the Atlantic and other oceans on this stuff. Transportation is so important and so much of GDP that we should embrace improvements and work stuff out. We should not be like sewers and dental work - easy to ignore and then have problems rule us.
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