Originally Posted by
dynodonn
Though every person enjoys the benefit of the road system, the bulk of our states road tax goes to pay for freeways and highways and service debt, and with little money left over for city and county roads. Many cities and counties that are extremely underfunded are looking at ways to encourage walking and bicycle riding, and reducing motor vehicle traffic as as way of prolonging road infrastructure life.
The states road tax should go to state level roads, while the federal taxes go to interstate roads (predominantly), which is as it should be. Local facilities should be paid for at a local level.. And since environmental (and truck traffic) are the two predominant sources of damage to our roads, reducing passenger car traffic will have little impact on infrastructure life.