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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown
Well, the system we've had for the last 50 years, having a tollbooth on every gas pump, has worked reasonably well. User fees paid by motorists—and only by motorists—pay for all highways and roughly half the cost of local streets. But remember that we've always had local streets, even before there were autos to help pay for them.
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Highways aren't paid for only by motorists at the gas pump. Only 56% of funding for the freeways and highways comes from the gas pump. And everything that is trucked in is paid for by the consumers.....the tax is passed along to us.
But I agree with you on the "network" concept and you are correct...it is about the completeness of a system that determines its value.