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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by nsokolsky on Sunday October 13, 2024 @01:44AM (#41825485)
> has huge ongoing costs in terms of resource and energy use

TxDOT (government organization responsible for road maintenance) has a budget of $30B/year or about 10% of the total state's budget. Not that big of a deal for Texas.

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by CalRobert on Sunday October 13, 2024 @02:20AM (#41825640)
Do they pay for the streets in low density suburbs or do local towns and cities? Also, water infra, electrical infra, etc.
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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by nsokolsky on Sunday October 13, 2024 @03:01AM (#41825820)
That figure includes every single government-owned street, AFAIK. Total infrastructure costs are higher but don't seem that much higher than in Germany?
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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by verall on Sunday October 13, 2024 @08:36AM (#41827439)
TxDOT does not maintain local or county roads which are a massive portion of cost in sprawl.
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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by jaccarmac on Sunday October 13, 2024 @05:51PM (#41831986)
To add specifics: Dallas does not cover road maintenance with its budget and must sell bonds to cover the $10b in "deferred maintenance".

https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2024/04/a-voters-guide...

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by nsokolsky on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @06:11PM (#41853640)
OK so what % of the GDP goes towards roads in Texas vs Germany?
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