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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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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

the thing about public transport is that you benefit from other people using it, i for one quite like having less traffic on the roads and less pollution in the air that i breathe

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    True! And while roads often have negative impacts, the positive economic impacts are measurable and legit (at least in absence of other ways of getting around!).

    To be clear, I am on your side lol, just playing devil's advocate

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