The stupidity of increasing transportation costs is only lost on those who do not buy their own fuel.
@Smokin Joe There is nothing stupid about it. In fact,it is brilliant.
It's the ideal way to force everyone to stay in their boxes in the cities where they are easily watched and controlled.
Meanwhile,the upper-middle classes with connections and the wealthy will be free to travel on highways virtually free of traffic..
I predict,that like in the old (as opposed to the 'murikan version) Soviet Union,there will even be special traffic lanes that are restricted to the upper-classes only,and cops standing on street corners controlling red lights to make sure none of them ever have to stop for one.
Yeah,gas may be a lot more expensive,but they can afford it,and just look at how the land prices will drop once nobody but the wealthy is allowed to travel out of the cities.
For all practical purposes,it will be free for them because no one else will have access.