taxman Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 A committee of MPs has said that fuel duty should be used to lower the costs of public transport rather than just going into the Treasury coffers. In this way people could see that their "green taxes" were being put to an environmental use and would be more willing and happy to pay them BBC Story. Sounds marvellous doesn't it? All the lovely car drivers subsidising my bus fares. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheffieldMus Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Fuel duty could be used for lots of things. Id prefere it to be used to repair the roads. Its like driving in a 3rd world country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthenekred Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Fuel duty should be cut to benefit the individual and allow that individual to decide how he uses it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickiethecat Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Let's not forget that having your own private transport is a luxury not an essential. It makes sense therefore to tax well-off motorists and use the funds raied to subsidise the less fortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwkittie Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I'd rather it was spent on the roads as well, it would benefit everyone that way (including buses, cyclists etc). Wouldn't mind if public transport was cheaper though, I would use it if it was cheaper than using the car to commute but for two people commuting together as we do in our house it's more expensive so why would we use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 No. Public transport is mostly run by private companies. They would still find ways to put up prices AND get the subsidy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 No. Public transport is mostly run by private companies. They would still find ways to put up prices AND get the subsidy. Maybe public transport should be nationalised then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resident Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Public transport is already subsidised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Public transport is already subsidised. Not all of it. Imagine fuel duty being raised and the revenue used to make all bus journeys free of charge. Possibly, a lot of people would abandon their driving into town to work each day and take the bus instead. The people who don't have that choice, and must drive because they go to lots of different places where buses would not serve, will find the roads so much clearer because of all the people who chose the bus. Everybody wins. Driving around Sheffield for work used to be far easier in the 70s and early 80s, precisely because bus fares in Sheffield were ridiculously cheap. Anybody who just wanted to go to town and back again would never dream of using a car for the purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 . Everybody wins. Until the revenue from the fuel duty drops and they have top put it up to carry on the subsidy...those with no alternative will be hit again...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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