Comments on: Raising the General Fund Option

By: Deacon

Deacon — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:34:20 +0000

I agree that we need a General Transport Infrastructure Fund. You do however need a sustainable source of funding (or multiple).

The gas tax is a flawed system, swap that for a milage travelled system, semi’s use such a system for their drivers. I don’t see why cars can’t be fitted with the same thing. It’s not that the government is going to see where you’re going the merely want to see how far you’re going.

Then as a supplement I’d say tax the cars/trucks/Semi’s/buses by size of engine, weight or something along those lines to complement the tax on miles travelled or gas used because regardless of whether the car drives or not the tax would still then apply.

By: Adirondacker

Adirondacker — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:41:39 +0000

Is it enforceable?

as enforceable as any gee-whiz-bang GPS solution.

A motor fuel tax works quite well for vehicles that use liquid fuels. Plug in electrics could have meters.

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:17:23 +0000

Is it enforceable?

By: Spokker

Spokker — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:13:25 +0000

Odometer fraud is already illegal.

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:22:49 +0000

It’s probably not hard to tinker with the meter. Besides, levying the tax once a year will make it more like a punishment and less like a way of modifying behavior. People might keep driving, and just borrow money at the end of the year to cover the gap.

By: dsn

dsn — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:14:58 +0000

I’ve never understood why miles traveled requires a gps on people’s cars – can’t they just check your milage once a year when you register your licence place?