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Why using road user fees as a new kind of tax could see them fail

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In his latest blog, Robert Poole, director of transportation policy at the independent think tank the Reason Foundation, examines the potential pitfalls of per-mile road user charging. He focuses on the importance of public acceptance and issues a warning to those wishing to implement such charges: the link between paying users and service provided must be restored – road user charging should NOT be a tax. 

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