This is a common carbrain argument
"I already pay the gas tax"
The problem is that it's false.
In a recent study, researchers Stefan Gössling, Jessica Kees, and Todd Litman calculated the social costs of driving. They found that the social cost is about 30-40% higher than what car owners are actually paying
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800921003943?via=ihub
That cost is paid by non-drivers.
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What compels you to to type a comment of this nature? You know we are not advocating for the total abolishment of roads as a concept. What is the point of mentioning that they are a part of the distribution network? It does not argue for more or less cars, but for some reason you ask me to be glad that a tax is paying for a part of it's maintenance, when its maintenance would still be paid by taxes- just other taxes. It would presumably also be significantly cheaper to maintain if we did get rid of most cars and replaced them with alternative transportation, especially bikes. The roads are primarily not being used for logistics.
Would you rather it be paid equally by all people, or would you rather people burning through gasoline and diesel themselves have to pay for more of the roads than yourself?
It seems a silly question, I know. But somehow you seem to have not understood it.