Comment 101156

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted May 08, 2014 at 16:11:48 in reply to Comment 101154

This has come up many times on this site. Here once again is a link to a relevant Transport Canada Study:

http://www.tc.gc.ca/media/documents/poli...

This study found that the annual total financial costs of the road system in Canada are $16.5 to $25.8 billion, while annual revenues from fuel taxes and fees at the federal and provincial levels were only $12.8 billion, i.e. a shortfall of between $3.7 and $13 billion per year.

And it only includes the direct costs of driving: building and maintaining roads and policing, not indirect costs like injuries, deaths, pollution etc.

It includes every conceivable source of revenue associated with roads and motorists: traffic fines, lot levies (development charges imposed by municipalities), special assessments, parking charges, building prices in addition to taxes, excise tax on fuel and license fees.

Comment edited by kevlahan on 2014-05-08 16:14:48

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