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Who pays for roads? Most US States require residents to subsidize cars (cdn.bsky.app)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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Only 3 states Delaware, Montana, and New Jersey raise enough revenue from cars to fully cover their highway spending.

The remaining 47 states and the District of Columbia must make up the difference with tax revenues from other sources

By diverting general funds to roadway spending, the burden of paying for the roads falls on all taxpayers, including people who drive very little or may not drive at all.

Source: https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/state-road-taxes-funding/

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[+] -32 points 1 year ago (7 children)

people who can’t even afford to own a car have to pay for other people’s car dependency

Those same people can STFU unless they want to waive all their rights to police protection, ambulance service, or fire department response.

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  • [–] 46 points 1 year ago

    Explain.

    Do police, ambulance, and fire need 4 lane stroads packed with gridlock, or 18 lane highways filled with traffic congestion to function properly?

    We can have a working road system for emergency services, transport, and public transportation without the burden of car dependency.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago*

    Protected bike lanes / bus lanes / tramway can also be used by ambulances, fire department and police in case of emergency. They even have better response times due to not being stuck on car traffic

    So yeah, I'd rather have my tax dollars being used in that kind of infrastructure, instead of only on car centric designs

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