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cjoldham, <br /> <br />Regarding fuel prices, most of the taxes the U.S. puts on fuel are considered user fees which go to the Highway Trust Fund. Most of this money is returned for the use of highway construction and maintenance, with some going to non-highway usage such as transit. <br /> <br />By constrast, most of the tax money on fuel in European countries goes into the general tax collection fund. <br /> <br />If European countries only used fuel tax moneys for the purpose of transportation, your fuel prices would not be that much higher than ours. <br /> <br />Since you are from Great Britain, can you give us your view of the open access rail system e.g. in your view is it better, worse, or about the same as when the tracks were nationalized? Is freight railroading making any headway in terms of national freight market share compared to road and barge?
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