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Why not just tax single riders, if congestion is the issue?

• floatrock 8y ago
  From the article: > [San Francisco Supervisor Aaron] Peskin is drafting a measure for the November election that would levy a 3.25% fee on rides with one passenger, and a 1.5% fee on shared rides.
  • scarejunba 8y ago
    With all the nonsense going on, I’ve actually just got a car in SF. And that’s after 7 years car-free. Cycling is bloody impossible these days, and they got rid of the damned scooters too. Good job, Aaron. You’re a bloody genius. My friends were all car-free too and only a fourth of them are still that way. No kids or anything. It’s just gotten kinda crappy here. I was hoping to hold out for just a little longer but I think I’m done.
    • baby 8y ago
      I'm really upset about the scooters in SF. As I don't have a driver license, I can't even use them (they require a US driver license).
• baroffoos 8y ago
  The space your car uses is a resource. The amount of people in the car doesn't affect the amount of space resource you have used. I think a fee should be applied to the space resource you are using regardless of the amount of people in the car. That way if multiple people need to get to the same place its cheaper for them all to use one car but one person can't just get someone else to sit in the car to make it cheaper.