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So many people have no idea the gas tax doesn't come anywhere near covering the cost of car infrastructure (europe.pub)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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This is a common carbrain argument

"I already pay the gas tax"

The problem is that it's false.

In a recent study, researchers Stefan Gössling, Jessica Kees, and Todd Litman calculated the social costs of driving. They found that the social cost is about 30-40% higher than what car owners are actually paying

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800921003943?via=ihub

That cost is paid by non-drivers.

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[–] 5 points 1 week ago

I’d settle for first mile. Boston’s “Big Dig” from a couple decades ago missed one fundamental piece to straightening out traffic downtown: they built a “haul road”. This allows trucks to avoid some traffic while bringing out cargo from the port.

I don’t understand how this wasn’t a train

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