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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Pay-per-mile fees have emerged as the most likely solution to dropping gas revenues linked to electric vehicles. (www.politico.com)

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[–] threelonmusketeers 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Is there a reason that road maintenance funding has to be tied to the vehicles which drive on them? Just because I live in a city and never drive anywhere doesn't mean I don't take buses or use goods transported by road. Should my taxes not contribute to the upkeep?

[–] spidermanchild 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That should be baked into the bus fare (which should be subsidized anyway). We want to link road maintenance to usage as directly as possible to incentivize driving less. Flat fees, or convoluted schemes break this link and effectively encourage unlimited driving. A per mile fee tied to the weight of the vehicle should be the most fair.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We want to link road maintenance to usage as directly as possible to incentivize driving less

That makes sense.

A per mile fee tied to the weight of the vehicle should be the most fair

That sounds like a good idea. The weight of the vehicle is easy to determine. The distance is harder for the government to measure, which is the topic of the OP.

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