I-70 Indiana and Western Ohio
Miserable, miserable, miserable. Mile after mile of trucks beating up the road. Even the freshly paved sections are lumpy. They didn't bother to do anything with the bridges (repaving adds too much...
Forum Discussion
Isn't there something artificial about only using gas taxes for road maintenance? What other product do we tax that way?
We have special gas taxes simply because they are, or at least were, a politically palatable way of funding roads - a use tax, and extension of the idea of paying tolls for ferries, bridges and roads.
A lot of states have a DOT - that's T as in Transportation, not just highways. In Washington, DOT runs the ferries, and a network of small airports. It's also involved with some regional rail projects, just a NW corridor passenger line.
We have special gas taxes simply because they are, or at least were, a politically palatable way of funding roads - a use tax, and extension of the idea of paying tolls for ferries, bridges and roads.
A lot of states have a DOT - that's T as in Transportation, not just highways. In Washington, DOT runs the ferries, and a network of small airports. It's also involved with some regional rail projects, just a NW corridor passenger line.
