Please Read & Discuss

[hvw]

Some states are considering taxing mileage rather than gasoline, mostly because road maintenance is paid for by fuel taxes, because fuel-efficient and hybrid vehicles threaten the maintenance budget.

Tell me your thoughts?

Comments

[wand_r]

I think we're getting all chicken/egg here... Mass transit carries a stigma, in most parts of the country (read, sub-urban parts or cities to which the following applies) because mass transit SUCKS in most parts of this country. So, the only folks who will use a seriously flawed service are the ones who can't afford to do otherwise (or are hardcore enough in their belief system to do it out of spite). And there are entire regions with no mass transit options at all, they have no choice.

I agree, a lot of the issues are ones of scale and enforcement. I would also want to see some codification of where the revenues from these taxes are going. Infrastructure has to be maintained... the money for it won't come out of thin air... but I wouldn't want this to turn into another random revenue stream that can be used for any pet project that occurs to someone. And I'd really like the revenues collected for an area go to supporting that area. Getting into the local politics of Northern VA some; I'm pretty tired of the tax revenues from this area paying for improvements in S.VA while our traffic gets worse and worse and worse.