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I'll repeat the comment I made in that thread:
start taxing trucks proportional to the wear they cause on public roads. doing so will supplement funding for repairing said roads as well as to encourage rail hauling instead of dangerous hulking vehicles on the same roads we have to commute on.
AFAIK road wear scales to the 5th power with the weight per tire.
The law is Fourth Power per axle.
The larger vehicles tend to get worse mileage and thus pay more taxes on gasoline/diesel that are used for roads without the government needing to track mileage.
Electric cars, which are heavier than comparable ICE cars, throw a wrench in the fuel paying for roads concept.
Yes, but the increase in fuel cost per unit mass is not proportional to the increase in road wear, which is exponential and absolutely massive in commercial use. Hugely important fact that plays into my opinion that vehicle size should be taxed.
I didn't say it was a perfect system, just that the system does collect more taxes on heavier vehicles already.
While this is a nice thought in theory, it breaks down as soon as you start actually thinking of it in practical terms.
I'm all for phasing out cars in areas where it's reasonable to do so, but your proposal just isn't compatible with reality.
You can literally add separated light rail in the center and bike lanes next to the sidewalk and there would still be two car lanes left, one for each direction.
This street is too narrow to add a dedicated sidewalk, right?
Which is why the blue square sign is there: The speed limit on this street is walking pace and pedestrians have priority on the entire road.
Therefore: Put bicycle lanes wherever possible, reduce the speed limit where it isn't.
However, we could apply the idea to just roads that are compatible with bike lanes and pathways. It would be a start. I agree that priority needs to be given to safety first but even with that, the next priority needs to be anything but cars where possible.