It's an interesting concept: How do you pay for the erection and maintenance of something of benefit to the whole population?
Right now, we support it (I assume) through a combination of federal funding, gas taxes, and tollways. Under the current system, people tend to pay based on their use of the roads, bridges, etc.
However, when it comes to funding public schools (at least in Texas) only property owners are taxed, whether or not they have kids in school.
Your utilities are based on how much you use.
If you are going to try and tax based on usage, you'll have to find a way to tax those without vehicles, but who still use the highways.
The infrastructure is necessary to the US. I think it should be supported by everyone (which may, in fact, lower the costs associated with gas purchase). Kind of like the taxes we pay to the federal government to support DoD, but for which we realize any DIRECT benefit.
Maybe every citizen should pay an infrastructure tax. That way the cost is apportioned equally.
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