Other Road Uses
It is sometimes argued that not all roadway costs should be charged to motorists. Even
residents who never drive use road access for delivery of goods and services, walking and
bicycling, and for utility lines. This can be addressed by establishing a standard of “basic
access” that is unrelated to driving. In practice this need can usually be satisfied by a single
lane of light pavement, which is the quality of road typically chosen when users pay for their
own driveway, and which exist in pedestrian cities and campus-type developments. Roadway
costs beyond this can be allocated to motor vehicle use.