Gas taxes don't come close to paying for roads. Roads are massively subsidized out of general taxes.

So add more buses?

There are just a lot of people in New York. The roads are packed, and the public transit is packed. More transit would help solve both problems.

What experiments would people like to do, that this new collider would make possible? What theories will be tested?

Another tax. Great. From a Republican administration. What the hell?

In a lot of places drug enforcement is being deprioritized, for good reason. Of course then you run into all the problems with only enforcing against people someone doesn't like.