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Originally Posted by accord1999
In which case total collected fuel taxes are pretty close to covering public capital and operating expenditures on roads. If you want to focus on those who don't pay their way, look at transit users.
Are they?
Europe's car modal share has barely changed over the last decade, at 83%. No matter how much effort and money you throw at walking, cycling and transit (and how expensive you try to make driving), they will only be able to enable a fraction of the trips that people want to make.
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I am talking about cities specifically. It’s much more appropriate to look at mode shares in european cities where specific measures were applied (like congestion taxes or low-emission zones) and transportation systems were developed as an alternative to the car.
Your stats are weighed up by car share in smaller cities or rural areas where the numbers are probably around 90-95%.
Here’s some european cities mode shares for you:
Barcelona: 26% public transport, 35% private transport
Berlin: 26% public transport, 32% private transport
Copenhagen: 30% public transport, 24% private transport
London: 27% public transport, 40% private transport
Madrid: 34% public transport, 29% private transport
Paris: 62% public transport, 32% private transport
Prague: 43% public transport, 33% private transport
Vienna: 36% public transport, 31% private transport
(All data is from
https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2...y-of-cyclists/ and
https://nanopdf.com/download/passeng...rld-cities_pdf)