How to reduce road costs. Our roadways would last 120 years if only automobiles were allowed to drive on our roads. Trucks reduce a roads life expectancy to 20 years. Here's the solution: contract out all hauling to small vehicle independent contractors. This radical solution creates more jobs and reduces or even eliminates road maintenance costs and thereby taxes. "Not gonna happen," you'd so rightly say. Why? Mostly it's an economic control issue. Large companies couldn't control their product and would risk profits. The bureaucratic and institutional processes they'd need to develop and hire a multitude of small contractors would take decades to develop and implement. "What about large loads?" Good question. What about barges and rail reducing time on the road? What dismantling and reassembly of large goods? What about life style changes that don't require us to use services from companies that have to haul megaton generators or jet engines? What about air lifting? What about a cleaner, simpler, healthier life style that allows us to control our own resources? Is it so hard for society to admit its made mistakes and redo something. I guess so, so we pay excessive transportation taxes and turn control of our lives over to big business and government. kbushnel.sdf-us.org/contact.html