Wouldn't car owners just still pay the taxes under the new system? We could just increase the tax rate. Or we switch to a per kilometer model. Or we add a usage tax on sharing platforms. Or we do a gazillion of the other options we have available.
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Replying to @thijsniks
If the model you've put forward depends on public funding, that should depend on whether maintaining a public road network for the use of a few corporations is the most efficient use of public resources...
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Replying to @keirp
I'm really not following your arguments here. How is this for a few corporations if lots of people use it? And in the current model road taxes are already part of car usage, so why would that not work in the new model?
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Replying to @thijsniks
Because your model allows for-profit corporations to extract rent for the use of a public good.
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Replying to @thijsniks
Will that charge/tax not just be passed on to the user?
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Replying to @keirp
Yes, it would be passed on. That’s the point, right? We want to charge people for usage, regardless of the transport mode. And you can subsidies transport for low-income groups, regardless of the transport mode.
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Replying to @thijsniks
Okay. Does your business model still work if you're made responsible for the full cost of maintaining the road network and that cost is reflected in usage fees?
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Replying to @keirp
I don't see why the road cost per passenger mile would increase between now and under the self-driving system, so yes
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Replying to @thijsniks
In a country such as Canada, for instance, close to half of government spending on roads is derived from revenue sources unrelated to actual road usage.
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They can continue to do so if they think that it unlocks economic growth or improves social cohesion
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