N.J. Transit Trains Break Down at Rate Four Times U.S. Average

Yeah, I probably put about 2000 miles on my car each year. That's what? 40 miles a week and that doesn't account for any big trips? I want to opt out of paying income and sales taxes to fix the roads, please. I would like to allocate those funds towards mass transit. I do about 25,000 a year on the trains, so put it towards that...

Relevant:

The True Costs of Driving

And from that article, to the claim that we can just toll our way to road financing:

The surprising evidence from road-pricing experiments is that the revenue gathered from tolled lanes often fails to cover the costs of even collecting the tolls and operating the toll-collection system—which means they never come close to paying for the roadway. (To be sure, tolling improves the efficiency of use of the freeway—traffic flows more smoothly, capacity is increased—but the tolls don’t pay for constructing, or even maintaining, the pavement). But again, the highly visible toll-collection mechanism, like the very visible gas tax, creates the illusion that user fees are paying the cost of the system.

bramzzoinks said:

There are huge benefits to pay for what you use rather than putting everything into a general bucket. People can decide what they want to spend money on. And the things left that government spends money on becomes more transparent (which the left would hate).

So in your opinion this is your idea of an ideal future no?

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2011/12/07/9272989-firefighters-let-home-burn-over-75-fee-again

Oh well... Too bad... They did not pay! F* Them!