That’s why it’s called an “excerpt.”
Later on...”The Legislature also should examine charging motorists — perhaps a quarter-cent for every mile recorded on a vehicle’s odometer — to pay for roads. There would be some mileage threshold before a driver would be charged so that people who drive infrequently aren’t charged.
The “vehicle miles traveled” fee could become a substitute for the gasoline tax, which first began in 1921 and whose revenues are expected to keep falling as more people drive alternative-fuel vehicles.”
California floated this and it was laughed out of Sacto. The gas tax already does this. More miles you drive, the more you pay in gas taxes. The heavier your vehicle, the more you wear out the road, but the poorer your mileage and you pay more in tax.
The current system works just fine.
They are just floating a prelude to a pure carbon tax to “fight AGW.”
Next time, exerpt the part of the article that supports the title.