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I think that the approach you outline doesn't effectively consider the waste and emissions of everyone having their own car (even single person), nor the increa
by pietroglyph 8y ago
I think that the approach you outline doesn't effectively consider the waste and emissions of everyone having their own car (even single person), nor the increased inequality of paying more for peak times (you can only commute at reasonable hours if you're rich enough to pay for it.)
- stretchwithme 8y agoIf it costs more for someone to start work at a specific time, employees will demand more to work for you. In fact, if you were to require employers to pay for that peak travel, it wouldn't really make a difference. Most employers understand that such costs affect wages and how much money they'll save due to having a road system that breaks twice a day. And most employees will think they are getting something for free. It's win/win. Or neutral/fooled into thinking you won. And these same employees don't realize that their commute is currently costing them a lot more in opportunity costs than whatever the toll might be.
- stretchwithme 8y agoIn a world of automated vehicles, people wouldn't need to own their own cars. That will be, in fact, the more expensive option. If I rely on automated cabs instead of owning a car, I only pay a small part of the capital cost of that car. I also don't need a garage for it. Or a parking spot for it at work. And I can much more easily rent only the amount of car that I need at the time, which is not much when I am just going to work by myself. The total number of cars goes down. The average size of cars goes down. The number of empty seats goes down.