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Re:Are Your Taxes Paying for the Cost of Your Street? by ItsDeathball on Thursday May 05, 2016 @04:59PM (#11639633)
It's mentioned in the article that this is about local, city-maintained streets. Unless you live directly on a state or federal highway, those gas taxes, state sales taxes, and income taxes do not go towards the street you live one.

Local sales taxes may, and the author includes these in the diagram of the city budget. Your largest contribution to the maintenance of city infrastructure is in property taxes, either directly or through rent. It's also worth noting that the article only accounts for road surface maintenance. Adding in sewage and water expenses would likely not be favorable.

Re:Are Your Taxes Paying for the Cost of Your Street? by maxerickson on Thursday May 05, 2016 @05:03PM (#11639650)
A Google search for "federal street construction grant" indicates otherwise. There's lots of results discussing such grants.
Re:Are Your Taxes Paying for the Cost of Your Street? by stevep001 on Friday May 06, 2016 @02:23PM (#11645716)
"this is about local, city-maintained streets. Unless you live directly on a state or federal highway, those gas taxes, state sales taxes, and income taxes do not go towards the street you live one."

This statement in the article is untruthful. The Ames budget he references explicitly lists gas tax money as going to local street maintenance.

Re:Are Your Taxes Paying for the Cost of Your Street? by bagels on Thursday May 05, 2016 @10:52PM (#11641369)
I would assume that a lot of people on HN pay more state income & sales taxes than property taxes through rent.
Re:Are Your Taxes Paying for the Cost of Your Street? by Agustus on Thursday May 05, 2016 @10:04PM (#11641186)
Gas taxes go to federal, state, and local (county level).