ROADS DEPEND ON BUS RIDER, CYCLIST & PEDESTRIAN HANDOUTS

-> The road system used to be largely funded by the gas tax. Gas taxes, tolls, and other fees on driving account for only about half the money spent on the U.S. road system, according to a new report (Who Pays for Roads? How the "Users Pay" Myth Gets in the Way of Solving America's Transportation Problems: http://bit.ly/1E7nXa2). [http://bit.ly/1EWCcCs]

[See also: A financial analysis by the Center for American Progress found that about four out of 10 U.S. highways don't carry enough traffic to generate sufficient revenue to pay for their maintenance - let alone construction. (Advancing a Multimodal Transportation System by Eliminating Funding Restrictions: http://ampr.gs/1zLF9Wn).]

from CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking.