General Road and Highway Discussion

[SammyOES2]

That's an interesting idea, but now you're essentially turning every single kilometre of road into a toll road.

I drive a fair bit in the US on road trips every year - probably 1/4 of my annual mileage. How will you make sure I'm not paying extra for that when I bring in my odometer reading?

We should get pedestrians to wear pedometers to track their usage of sidewalks too so we know how to charge them for the upkeep of that then.

(Not really, but just pointing out how quickly this can get ridiculous)

Fundamentally, I think every KM of road should BE a toll road.  They cost a lot of money! : My objection to toll roads is just that its a poor proxy for usage.  I think they're unfair which is bad in and of itself, but that unfairness has a lot of bad consequences (people taking non-optimal routes and increasing traffic on roads not meant for it).

I hadn't thought about people leaving the province (I'd thought about American drivers, driving here, but figured it wasn't worth worrying about).  At a certain point computers would be smart enough to handle all of this for us.  You cross the border and your mileage is logged, you come back and its logged, and adjustments are made.