QUOTE: Originally posted by Randy Stahl Better idea... Lets privatize all of the public roads, just thing of all the money won't be coming out of my pocket anymore. The trucking companys will find out what it's like to have an infrastructure more than a parking lot and a few trucks. Randy
QUOTE: Originally posted by daveklepper There are publicly owned railroads, such as the Alaska. But every attempt to separate infrstructure and the trains seems to bring more problems than it solves. This was true with Britain and it seems to be true even in some respects with Amtrak and the freight railroads.
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
QUOTE: Originally posted by oltmannd If I were the King of the US, I would use fuel taxes to shape markets to improve energy and environmental outcomes. But, no one would ever elect me King on this platform. We Americans love our subsidized transportation and proposing an major increase in the gasoline tax would be political suicide!
QUOTE: Originally posted by oltmannd Even on toll roads, cars cross subsidize trucks. The truck toll is typically 5-10X the car toll, but the extra cost to build a road to support heavy trucks and the wear and tear caused by trucks is a much higher differential. I doubt you could ever come up with an acceptable scheme collect user fees for highway use that are exactly the same as the cost to build, police, adminstrate and maintain the roads. Most places, county roads are funded out of local property and income taxes. How would one collect user fees for these roads without getting into privacy issues? If I were the King of the US, I would use fuel taxes to shape markets to improve energy and environmental outcomes. But, no one would ever elect me King on this platform. We Americans love our subsidized transportation and proposing an major increase in the gasoline tax would be political suicide!
QUOTE: Originally posted by cbt141 this was tried for 75 years in and around moscow. generally considered to have been a poor idea. needed a wall to keep folks from leaving the game.
QUOTE: In Vermont , The state owns all the track in that state except the Central Vermont(NECR) and leases it back to Vermont Railway.
QUOTE: Originally posted by techguy57 QUOTE: In Vermont , The state owns all the track in that state except the Central Vermont(NECR) and leases it back to Vermont Railway. Could explain the small amount of Class I action in Vermont. Just a thought.[;)] Mike
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