I see Teslas all over the place on my daily drive to work and back. Based on the political bent of my area and how those Teslas are being driven, I assume most of them were purchased to support the cult of Elon and not because of any concerns about carbon emissions or their fellow man.

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now are whining about EV owners not paying a gas tax? They talk trash about the Federal government and stick their hand out at every chance they get for Federal dollars. Typical RED State BS - this is gonna change sooner than these redneck assholes think.

as EVs become more prevalent, not to mention the pressure that's going to come from EV manufacturers.

We’re talking less than 20 bucks a month to drive. Less then most streaming services.

and then the toll roads they keep putting up hits all cars.

No, it hits the vehicles that use them. That's the point of toll roads. The alternative is taxpayer-funded roads, which everyone pays for.

The only thing is, Texas has one of the lowest gas taxes in the country - 20 cents per gallon. So a person driving a gas or diesel fueled vehicle would have to burn through 100 gallons of gas per month to pay the equivalent amount of gas tax. That's probably way more than your average commuter. In that sense, it seems punitive.

They never cut fees, only go up on them.

That's the primary north/south route, which is part of the problem. For many purposes, it's the only N/S through freeway which is why Austin traffic is often near the top of many "bad traffic" lists.

There's Toll 130/45, but it's more of a bypass that routes traffic east of the metro before rejoining I-35.

The alternative to toll roads is taxpayer-funded ones. I think it's preferable that the users of the roads pay for them, particularly with the massive amount of truck traffic Austin gets since it's on the main line from Canada to Mexico.

of the country have outlawed "new" toll roads and seemed to have survived. When I think of toll roads I immediately think of Rick Perry (a real scumbag) and that makes me think of his offspring - Cornyn, Cruz, Paxton, Abbott.

How about using some of that rainy day BS or some of the even present multiple $B surpluses because they cow down to the fossil fuel industries on a daily basis?

In my opinion Texas is does not even resemble the State it used to be and is getting worse every day. I am embarrassed to be a Texan these days.

edited to add - Since we do not actually pay the real price of gas/diesel at the pump, maybe add in the real cost of healthcare, geopolitical, environmental, tax subsidies, and military costs and it might speed up the transition to alternative transportation from fossil fuels. Why should a private business be subsidized by taxpayers to do something that harms all of us?

Such fees for EV's was predictable. Especially coming from those politicians that are in the back pocket of the oil industry.