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>think about all the variables that need to change to build a future largely without cars. It can be done by changing but a single variable: cost. Make driving
by oftenwrong 7y ago
>think about all the variables that need to change to build a future largely without cars.
It can be done by changing but a single variable: cost. Make driving more expensive, and people drive less. Make driving cheaper, and people drive more. With a sufficiently high cost, the majority of people will seek alternatives.
- reallydontask 7y agoThis is, unfortunately, so politically unpalatable that will only happen when it's too late.
- maxsilver 7y ago> Make driving more expensive, and people drive less. "If we tax the poor, they'll decide to be less poor" It won't work. The suburbs are predominantly filled with people who could not afford to live places with functional transit in the first place. If you make driving more expensive, the few people who are wealthy enough to choose the city, will do so (driving sky-high prices even higher). And for the 99% of suburban people who already can't afford cities, these people will have even less money for housing, so they'll be forced to buy cheaper housing, which will be even further away from the city, and you'll exacerbate even more sprawl than already exists.