On Sat, 26 May 2007 11:35:57 GMT, Han wrote:


European fuel taxes go to the general funds, generally speaking, they
aren't dedicated AFAIK.

Thanks, it appears that I misunderstood this.

The European experience is also if you build it,
they will come, or traffic will fill the roads no matter how much is
built and widened.

The US does the same, as well as designing areas where everyone lives
at one end of the road and works at the other.

Traffic jams should (IMHO) be encouraged so that more
will be spent on (subsidized) public transportation, which is also more
energy efficient.

I agree with that, as well as letting an unimpeded market set fuel
prices.