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Who pays for roads? Most US States require residents to subsidize cars (cdn.bsky.app)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Only 3 states Delaware, Montana, and New Jersey raise enough revenue from cars to fully cover their highway spending.

The remaining 47 states and the District of Columbia must make up the difference with tax revenues from other sources

By diverting general funds to roadway spending, the burden of paying for the roads falls on all taxpayers, including people who drive very little or may not drive at all.

Source: https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/state-road-taxes-funding/

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

See every NJB video that references Strong Towns.

Road transit exclusivity bankrupts cities

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

Gotta think, though....roads are used to transport goods across the country. While at first glance it's a shitty deal for people without cars, but when you bike to the store to buy something. How did those products get there? From a truck, that had to drive from warehouse to store, on the roads.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Our rail systems are crumbling for a reason.

It is much better to ship by train than truck. If we put this money toward revitalizing and expanding our rail in this country it would have a way better ROI.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (22 children)

Kind of maddening that people who can't even afford to own a car have to pay for other people's car dependency, only to be yelled at for "not sharing the road" when they've got to get to work or school by bike.

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