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Re:Helsinki Relocation Package: City as a Service by seanmcdirmid on Thursday November 05, 2020 @11:19PM (#25004855)
You don’t have to pay to use most roads in the USA, on a usage basis at least. The use of the word free but not really isn’t foreign to Americans.
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Re:Helsinki Relocation Package: City as a Service by whitexn--g28h on Friday November 06, 2020 @01:39AM (#25005504)
You absolutely pay for roads on a usage basis [1] unless you drive an electric car.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_State...

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Re:Helsinki Relocation Package: City as a Service by ejolto on Friday November 06, 2020 @07:23AM (#25007115)
That's not paying for roads, that's paying for fuel. You would be paying those fuel taxes even if you were only driving on your own private roads.
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Re:Helsinki Relocation Package: City as a Service by seanmcdirmid on Saturday November 07, 2020 @06:35PM (#25020906)
The gas tax hasn’t covered the cost of road maintenance since the 80s.
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