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| Topic | Roads and bridges |
| Content | Recent bridge failures has made known roads and bridges inadequacies:
1. Heavy trucks are shortening lifespans.
'2. Commuter traffic is clogging traffic mornings and evenings.
3. Both are making construction and repairs more costly.
Solution to reduce truck and commuter traffic:
1. In addition to trucks' fees add a mileage tax, about ten cents per mile. This will make train and boat costs more competitive and reduce long haul trucking. Trucking companies already keep mileage within each state for each truck, making tax collection easy.
2. Truck mileage tax earmarked for subsidizing car pooling through employers, about ten cents per mile per passenger. Some employers already encourage car pooling to save parking costs so could administer this at no cost for drivers to get all of the subsidy.
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