Originally Posted by
bautieri
The wear and tear on paved/concrete infrastructure is negligible at best.
Wear and tear is the primary mechanism through which pavement is torn up. Freeze/thaw cracks the pavement, 4000 pound steel boxes drive over top of the cracks and rip little bits out. I live in a cold place and roads with little or no traffic have no potholes, no matter how many cracks there are.
Further, the existance of cars on the roads carries a very heavy cost for a society. Each bicycle on the road pays for itself simply by not being a car.
$27 does not sound like much to me because I have a job.. and presumably so do you. There is no law that says only people with money are allowed to use roads.
This is obviously more of a money grab than an actual attempt at making things better.