[Alberta's Child]

It’s also another way to force the rest of us to subsidize those in congested cities.

Actually, this article makes the exact opposite point: Eliminate Federal funding for most of the infrastructure in those cities.

[Hugh the Scot]

You misread.
A per-mile use fee applies exclusively to rural, fly-over drivers.
Those who can, and choose to avail themselves of “public transportation” won’t be paying any increased costs. Being “public” those costs will be passed on to the tax base one way or another; either through increased use fees for everyone else, or by looting the public treasury.

This is agenda 21.