Re:Europe is investing heavily in trains
by burlesona on Monday April 11, 2022 @06:03PM
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At least in the US, local road networks in the suburbs and rural areas bleed money terribly, and as fuel taxes have not kept pace with inflation even the inner city streets and crowded highways can barely break even.
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Local roads bleed money universally everywhere, because pretty much no place charges tolls for local road use. Gas taxes do not cover road costs, because gas taxes are not by the same entities that actually build the roads, so there is no reason to expect it to be the case. However, and fortunately, road construction and maintenance is universally a small part of municipality budgets in US, typically under 10%, and very rarely anywhere close to 20%, so there is not much reason to worry about affordability of local roads.
Re:Europe is investing heavily in trains
by diordiderot on Monday April 11, 2022 @07:56PM
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Like a growth Ponzi scheme