However, gasoline taxes, licensing and registration fees simply do not pay for all of the needs of the transportation system. For instance, road building, maintenance, snow removal, traffic control, emergency services, tax losses from land paved over for roads, company parking spots, the free lot at your nearby mall, accidents and related health care - the list goes on. Eliminating a family car could leave more money to apply to a mortgage, RRSPs or other investments. In dollars and cents, licence and fuel taxes don't pay for the full cost of the transportation system.
Traffic congestion is costly.