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> That's a quantifiable social benefit. Only if you know how the occupants in these additional vehicles were transiting previously. If they were previously car
by sjwright 8y ago
> That's a quantifiable social benefit.
Only if you know how the occupants in these additional vehicles were transiting previously. If they were previously carpooling, or if they moved away from a good (but slightly less time efficient) public transport option, then the social benefit would be somewhere between minimal and nil.
- chii 8y agoBut presumably the new occupants compared their existing old travel method, and deemed the new one better. If the old method had some "social benefits", it must mean that the old method's social benefit came at a cost in benefit to the occupants. Otherwise, they would not have chosen the new method!
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> the new occupants compared their existing old travel method, and deemed the new one better You’re leaving out the taxpayers subsidising their commute.
- sjwright 8y agoJust because an individual makes a particular choice when given the opportunity, doesn't mean it must be a social benefit.