Q: Your column focuses on driving woes, but not everyone drives. I, and others, would be interested in a Q & A that includes more sustainable modes of transportation, too. Why not talk about cycling? Plenty of Bay Area folks enjoy biking, and not just for recreational purposes, but for getting from A to B.
It couldn’t hurt to mention transit service, either. Focusing exclusively on cars seems to suggest that guzzling gas is the only way to get around, but that is not the case, and cannot be the case, if we hope to combat climate change. Hope you’ll consider.
Grant Brokl, San Jose
A: Your point is well-made and I’ll address more sustainable transportation questions as they arise. Bike and transit questions come in, but not frequently yet.
Q: What’s your opinion? Does the effort to maintain our roads and bridges conflict with the goal of improving our environment?
The California gas tax is now 53.9 cents per gallon. It’s never enough.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is working to have 35 percent of all new vehicle sales be electric by 2035.
What’s the state going to do if most vehicles become electric? This will help the environment, but the lack of tax revenue will not be sufficient to maintain our infrastructure.
It seems contradictory to continue to raise the DMV fee for electric vehicles. It will never be enough and will discourage their purchase.
As more electric vehicles are sold, the revenue from gas taxes will decrease and there will be less funds with which to maintain our infrastructure.
Tom Baker, San Jose
A: You raise a valid concern. As gas taxes decline significantly over time, fees will likely be added to electric vehicles to ensure that they contribute fairly to covering maintenance and other costs for the roads that we all share.
Q: If a driver approaches an intersection where they have the right of way, and chooses to stop and let another car go, are they breaking any laws?
This drives me nuts. I find it impossible to track every car at an intersection so as I glance around, I note who is where, and expect them to continue if I don’t have the right of way. I find it frustrating if I am waiting for a car to continue past, only to glance back and find them stopped, trying to be “nice” to me, throwing off the entire flow of the intersection.
Jim Linder, San Jose
A: The drivers you describe are not breaking laws. It is safest and most efficient, though, for them to follow the rules of the road, and drive or turn when it is their turn to do so.
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