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Plenty of people get by with a $2000 used Toyota that might cost another $8/day in fuel, maintenance, and insurance. If mass transit is $5-6/day, that's not a

• arkades 7y ago
  Are you suggesting not everyone drives a Tesla?
• jdjdjjsjs 7y ago
  Even if that's the case, it isn't elitist to suggest we privilege cheaper modes of transport. Your scenario cannot scale by definition (used) Your scenario has no answer for the externalities. Essentially, the only reason the scenario has any sort of standing is because it's based on the idea that commuting by personal vehicle is inherently better than public transport. Which is true for most of the US but is not true for most of the places which actually don't a priori assume personal vehicles are inherently significantly better for transport.