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Poor people don't own cars, but subsidize the cars of those who do. Congestion pricing helps to fix that. The book Deschooling Society has a good explanation a
by Alex3917 8y ago
Poor people don't own cars, but subsidize the cars of those who do. Congestion pricing helps to fix that.
The book Deschooling Society has a good explanation about how the design of public roads is used as a means of social control. Ctrl-F for the section on mechanical donkeys.
https://monoskop.org/images/1/17/Illich_Ivan_Deschooling_Society.pdf https://monoskop.org/images/1/17/Illich_Ivan_Deschooling_Soc...
- oh_sigh 8y agoWill the congestion charge pay for all the road infrastructure in lower Manhattan? If not, it just becomes a publicly funded place that excludes some people from entering.
- paganel 8y agoPoor people do own cars, it’s the rich that think that they don’t.
- TheCoelacanth 8y agoNot in Manhattan, they don't.
- paganel 8y agoThey probably would have if the regressive taxes (direct or indirect) related to owning a car in New York wouldn’t have been so high. But when you buy a $200 million penthouse you don’t want to breath in the engine fumes of a $1,000 daily driver.