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The same bill proposes a 44c/gallon tax, which means an EV registration prepays for about 60-70k miles of driving.

Since neither gasoline nor electric cars or light trucks do any damage to roads compared to commercial trucking, it doesn’t make sense to talk about either kind of car paying its fair share. That is just a rhetorical method of selling the public on a new tax.

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In Illinois most of the wear on the asphalt surface occurs via ice and snow causing potholes. This happens over time regardless of heavy traffic.

If they used crumb rubber asphalt hybrid, it wouldn't be a problem, but the fucking unions lobbied and blocked it. I cant find that source but recall it was a story on the news years ago in Chicago. Unions said if that was used, they'd be out of jobs becuase roads would last longer... yeah.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubberized_asphalt

While this may be true, big rigs and other ultra-heavy vehicles cause a disproportionate amount of wear as well.

[0] https://streets.mn/2016/07/07/chart-of-the-day-vehicle-weigh...

The source for that data is a bicycling blog in Colorado which no longer exists. Without verifiable data, I'd ignore it.

Trucking and weather damage both contribute, and each exacerbates the other. On roads with lighter traffic, patches last longer, too.

compared to commercial trucking

Commercial trucking pays far higher fuel, registration, and road use taxes than private automobiles.

Yes, but those costs are still disproportionately low compared to road wear and value per trip. Cars and light trucks pay fuel taxes simply because regressive, automatically applied taxes are easy to collect and aren’t challenged by effective legislation.

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