Funding roads (taxes, user fees etc)

[jeffster]

I'll mention again, though, then, who's responsibility is it to keep the roads in good shape? Just the general public who drive around with personal ICE's?

Whether one drives or not, or if we were to ban personal ICE's and EV's all together (since any milage an EV puts on doesn't contribute money to the roads), roads still have to exist, and still need to be paid for.(...)

I don't know how you got to the topic of banning ICE vehicles. As Dan said, the world is changing, and taxing gasoline will be increasingly ineffective as more and more people drive EVs.

Taxation based on actual distance driven (and whatever multiplier we want use, based on the vehicle type) is a reasonably good proxy for the current gasoline tax, which could then be eliminated. And you would pay the same tax whether you are driving an EV or an ICE vehicle.

Currently I am only aware of such a mileage-based fee in NZ, but I have absolute confidence that it will become common as EVs displace ICE vehicles over the coming years: there is no better alternative that I'm aware of.

As I said, not problem if it become a universal thing. However, all users, whether public, private, emergency, or whatever, have to pay as well. My point was that even if one were to get rid of ICE and EV's, you still have roads to maintain. Nothing changes. It's a shared responsibility, not one just thrown on the back of personal vehicles, what some seem to suggest.