• Schlemmy@lemmy.ml
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      Many countries have tied the vehicle tax to the ‘weight’ of the car. Most of them use power to determine the weight, but still.

      You could get taxed on traveled distance pdr year but the poses a problem with people who travel outside of the countries limits.

      Toll systems seem to be quite effective.

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        Economists love toll systems because they’re essentially a use-tax: drive more, pay more.

        Unfortunately, they’re also a regressive tax. Poor people generally drive more because they can’t afford to live near their work/school/etc. So, the additional tax revenue is mostly extracted from the people who are the least capable of changing their behavior and have the least disposable income.

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          Toll roads always annoyed me. Here they are usually a public-private partnership. I’ve always argued that if a private company views it as profitable then a better use of money would be handle it all publicly so we can reduce the toll cost or invest the earned money into other infrastructure, instead of the pockets of wealthy people.

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      With varying degrees of regret. Some cities named to keep the right of ways, so rebuilding is more reasonable, others gave/sold it off and now they’re double plus fucked.

      Most of the pre-1950’s trams were private, and not city run. The cities that took them over and kept them running are looking really smart at this point.

      My city is about as smart as a box of rocks.

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    Wsdot will build an entire secret second carpool only interchange underneath another massive highway interchange and then end the carpool lanes immediately after.

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    Has anyone done a study to see if rail is cheaper to maintain than roads? Good public transport infrastructure would go a long way to preserving road conditions and keeping traffic lighter.