Millions of Australians face the daily frustration of delayed commutes, particularly on busy motorways. But as governments spend billions continually upgrading roads, experts say that might not be the best solution.
They’re already looking at implementing a odometer based tax on EVs. They should just implement that for all road registered vehicles and leave the fuel tax as is (or lower).
Adding mass transit, incentives for work-from-home, etc. are all good. Taxing miles driven will reduce miles driven. Just taxing EV miles to make up for lost gas tax revenue probably won’t affect miles driven, except for EV drivers. It provides no new reason for GVs to drive less.
This would work, but it would be better if you had to pay for by the miles on your vehicle rather than tolls on any particular road.
Easiest way to do that would be raise the tax on fuel, but that would be very unpopular.
They’re already looking at implementing a odometer based tax on EVs. They should just implement that for all road registered vehicles and leave the fuel tax as is (or lower).
Adding mass transit, incentives for work-from-home, etc. are all good. Taxing miles driven will reduce miles driven. Just taxing EV miles to make up for lost gas tax revenue probably won’t affect miles driven, except for EV drivers. It provides no new reason for GVs to drive less.