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Originally Posted by boneheaddoctor
there is a huge problem with your fuel tax....
around here only the rich can buy property within 20 miles of DC....average house sales are $600-700K arounf me...$500K gets a teardown property....new houses start at $1.2 million in my neighborhood....do the math and see who can afford those prices...(yeah I bought before they escalated to the stars..( the few appartments in the area start at $1,700 a month for a 1 bedroom) Houses rent for $3,500 and up a month.
that leaves joe average with a 30+ mile one way commute and 2hours each way...between fuel costs and wear and tear of cars people can't afford new efficient ones after they pay godaweful rent and spend 4 hours a day on the road....and these are the people who whould have to pay this tax....so now you can see what I am getting at. There are huge numbers barely able to pay their current property taxes and unable to have an alternative...
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The change would bite us all. Public transportation is a cure. But using an additional system. A fleet of smaller transports, which employ some of the latest tools in routing and organizing. Folks would get near the convenience of a cab and lower cost. This approach would cost the commuter less than half the expense of an average car and further reduce fuel consumption.
Remember that in 7 years about 80% of the vehicles on the road now will typically be retired, and by 10 years the number of retired vehicles jumps to about 90%.