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would you be ok if the fee was extended to bicyclists?Randy said:A $50 annual fee in Colorado that will help maintain the road structure for all vehicles (including electric ones) is very fair...If/when they decide to implement something like that in California, I will support it fully. We should pay our fair share for roads no matter what kind of car we drive....
Randy said:A $50 annual fee in Colorado that will help maintain the road structure for all vehicles (including electric ones) is very fair...If/when they decide to implement something like that in California, I will support it fully. We should pay our fair share for roads no matter what kind of car we drive....
davidcary said:While pedestrians don't damage the road/sidewalk, there is a real cost to building sidewalks (and bike lanes).
Building a sidewalk and then maintaining it costs money and should be billed to pedestrians. It would be shocking how much this would cost in some areas (low density).
The same is true for light cars. They require just as much road spaces as heavier cars so require that just as many lanes and miles of highway be built and maintained. Even though they don't wear the road down, there is still a large cost that is not weight dependent.
cgaydos said:davidcary said:While pedestrians don't damage the road/sidewalk, there is a real cost to building sidewalks (and bike lanes).
Building a sidewalk and then maintaining it costs money and should be billed to pedestrians. It would be shocking how much this would cost in some areas (low density).
The same is true for light cars. They require just as much road spaces as heavier cars so require that just as many lanes and miles of highway be built and maintained. Even though they don't wear the road down, there is still a large cost that is not weight dependent.
There is truth there. HOWEVER, consider bike lanes that take commuter traffic off of the freeway. The cost of those lanes is more than offset (*much* more) by the reduced wear-and-tear on the main roads, plus the benefits of lower congestion. It is easy to justify paying for those bike lanes out of freeway funds such as the gas tax.
I'd think so. People who produce their own bio-diesel (at least in CA) end up paying taxes on it if they use it as motor vehicle fuel.DNAinaGoodWay said:... What about solar, do we pay tax on our own kWhs? ...
Randy said:A $50 annual fee in Colorado that will help maintain the road structure for all vehicles (including electric ones) is very fair...If/when they decide to implement something like that in California, I will support it fully. We should pay our fair share for roads no matter what kind of car we drive....
tps said:Maybe they could tax cars based on odometer reading. Not sure how they would collect it, maybe part of the registration process.
It's actually about 90% for roads and 10% for public transportation. And remember, people riding a bus take less space on the road than if they were driving a car. People riding a train don't take any space on the road, nor do cause any wear and tear on the road. So money spent on public transit reduces your road congestion and makes the money spent on road repair go further.Graffi said:80% of that money was spent on Public Transportation for the people that are not buying gas.
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