Two Alternatives For An Infrastructure Problem

[unhappycamper]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/09/12/202007/study-proposes-tolling-interstate.html



2009 - construction progresses on a section of the Triangle Parkway toll road between Hwy 147 (Durham Freeway) and Hobson Road in Research Triangle Park in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Study proposes tolling interstate system to pay for reconstruction
Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2013
By Curtis Tate | McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — With large portions of the 46,000-mile Interstate Highway System wearing out and needing replacement, but with few federal and state dollars do it, one possible solution goes back to how most roads were originally built: tolls.

Fuel taxes aren’t keeping up with growing highway maintenance needs, forcing states and the federal government to look for alternatives and tolls are part of the mix.

The libertarian Reason Foundation released a study Thursday that proposes tolling the entire interstate system, charging 3.5 cents a mile for cars, and 14 cents a mile for trucks, adjusted every year for inflation.

Under federal law, new interstates can be tolled, but existing ones can’t, and Congress would have to change it. But it could be a tough sell to a public long accustomed to freeways.



unhappycamper comment: It's time to discuss (again) the elephant in the room:




Transportation: 3%
Military: 57%

Discuss.

[jtuck004]

1. What a stupid idea. And another tax on those with the least income.

Thing like this are the reason I tell smart kids to look outside the U.S. for a better future, because this place is filled to brim with fucking idiots and greedy assholes.