Quote: IMO you cannot tax life critical consumable like gasoline solely for the purposes of developing an alternative transportation system when a majority of the taxpayers will receive no benefit.
I agree with your point, but not that a majority of the people won't receive a benefit.
Right now, you are correct, the majority of people in areas with mass-transit solutions still don't use them.
That's not to say that non-users of mass transit don't benefit. This morning, as I rode Metrorail to work, I was not on the road with my car, so the traffic on I-66 could move at 20 mph instead of the 5 or 10 mph it would have had my car, and those of my fellow riders, been in the mix. Instead, I whistled by the traffic at 60 mph on the train.
