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I agree, that the freeways are not free. But I doubt that the gasoline taxes alone would be enough to build and maintain all roads. If Wiki is right the average gasoline fuel tax in the USA is about $0.50/gal. In Germany this tax is $3.04/gal. 50% ($1.52/gal) were intended for road building and maintanance. These 50% would be needed to keep our infrastructure intact but only 20% are used for roads and they show. So why reduce taxes when you need the tolls to cover the costs? The Stockholm congestion charge was introduced in 2006 to reduce congestion by 10 - 20 per cent and better the air quality. The reached a reduction of 30%. London (UK) is another example. As Stockholm already had a functioning public transit system the spending of the charge is not limited. Regards, Volker To introduce such a charge you need to have functioning public transit.  Regards, Volker
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