As the countywide agency continues to develop its next regional transportation plan, it will have to find alternative policies to discourage driving and raise new revenue for public transit.
Board members of the San Diego Association of Governments voted Friday against including a policy that would charge drivers by the mile in their 2025 regional transportation plan.
The policy, called the"road user charge," was in SANDAG's most recent transportation plan, adopted in December 2021. Supporters said it was a cost-effective way to discourage driving and raise billions to fund projects thatBut the policy faced fierce backlash, primarily from Republicans who said drivers couldn't afford to pay any more taxes than they do now.
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