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Roads do not pay for themselves.  The users pay for them through fuel taxes, excise taxes, sales taxes, fees, and property taxes.  Unfortunately, because of the deceptive way the revenues are collected, most motorists don't see the full cost of building and maintaining the country's roads at the pump.  But they pay for them. The guy or gal who drives a Cadillac pays a somewhat higher portion of the cost to build and maintain the nation's roads.  His car gets fewer miles per gallon than most more modestly priced vehicles.  In many states he pays more in fees, because of the vehicle's fair market value, to buy and operate it.  Moreover, he probably lives in a better house than the Chevorlet driver, which means he pays more in property taxes, which are used to pay for most city streets and county roads.    The issue regarding the Acela is whether it requires a subsidy that is paid by people who for the most part cannot ride it.  Clearly, this is the case.  All taxpayers are subsidizing the Acela as well as passenger trains in general.  The underlying question, in my mind, is whether Joe Six Pack should be required to subsidize upper class riders on the Acela or any other mode of commercial transport,
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