no, that's what *tolls* are--the gasoline tax isn't connected to this or that road, and isn't the only thing paying for roads either
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this report lumps tolls and gas taxes together as user fees--I quibble but I'll let it slide--to demonstrate that they still only cover about a third of transportation costs:https://taxfoundation.org/gasoline-taxes-and-tolls-pay-only-third-state-local-road-spending/ …
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slippery slope here, you can make that argument for everything that facilitates commerce, but for some reason it's only roads that we expect to be able to use for free (why not food? or housing?) problem is it creates strong incentives to live uneconomically, so costs spiral up
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...which is a factor in why the gas tax isn't cutting it anymore. Anyway: it's obviously impractical to slap toll gates on every road, but it's common sense to have them on limited-access highways like the interstates. With other roads, aim to keep funding as local as u can
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Tolls inhibit movement of people w/ little money. They're always far higher than the corresponding gas tax because 75% of gas tax is earned on local roads paid for by property taxes. I know, I used to drive local & US highways back in college because I couldn't afford tolls.
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Everything short of walking is harder for people with less money, that's a moot point. They have a tougher time with train fares too.
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It's not a moot point. I watch poor people stick in traffic every day to use one of the free bridges over the East River because they can't afford paying the $10 toll.
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What you don't watch are all the trips that they simply don't take because their budget for travel won't allow it (let alone those who can't pay for a car in the first place). Where the poor are concerned, eliminating tolls is a low-impact benefit, esp if a free bridge exists too
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