[twelvechairs]

Roads and road standards are a tragedy of the commons. People keep buying bigger cars and demanding more, wider lanes and parking spaces because they don't take any of the burden individually - it's the taxpayers as a whole that foot the bill.

Paradoxically most of the 'small government' types are often the biggest road users.

[sooheon]

The solution to tragedies of the commons is to internalize externalities. Tax should scale with carbon use, congestion contribution, and microplastic emission.

[robertlagrant]

> Paradoxically most of the 'small government' types are often the biggest road users.

I think it's "limited government". I'm pretty sure they would prefer roads get more spending.