Y no congestion pricing that applies to all automotive vehicles?https://twitter.com/aaronpeskin/status/943619576591368192 …
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
Remember mass transit is heavily subsidized. Personal cars are huge profit centers for the State. Instead of taxing cars more heavily, lets stop subsidizing mass transit.
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Replying to @mp3michael @kimmaicutler
Cars are subsidized enormously via taxpayer funded roads and highways and uncompensated externalities from emissions. Get rid of those subsidies first, then move the $$ to new transit that actually works for a densely populated region instead of pushing sprawl and traffic.
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Replying to @ahabeetle @kimmaicutler
Please show your work b/c my research shows the exact opposite: Taxes paid in '14 by CA drivers:$20.3B** Reg $6.5B Gas $4.9B New car sales $4.4B Parking fees $1B Fines, tickets $1.5B Fed gas $2B **Not incld above. Taxes on - insurance - used car sales - lease payment - smog fees
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Thanks for enumerating though note roads have great deal of deferred maintenance so cars are undercharged in that regard.
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CA Car drivers are taxed 25 billion per year. The state govt spends less than half of that on roads. So you think the taxes should be higher?
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Stupid @LAO_CA site is down for maintenance for two days so I cannot verify your revenue collection estimates.
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