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by AdrianB1 653 days ago
Intended consequence would be: cars pay for the damages they do to the road. Even buses. What is wrong with that?
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It removes the implicit subsidy for buses, but we want to encourage people to use buses over cars and SUVs. Also, the damage from cars/SUVs is so small that the cost of collecting the fee would exceed the amount of the fee.