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I don’t think we should expect road policy to also solve inequality. Equally, we shouldn’t let an unequal society prevent us from solving congestion. Agreed, t
by pharmakom 6y ago
I don’t think we should expect road policy to also solve inequality. Equally, we shouldn’t let an unequal society prevent us from solving congestion.
Agreed, the negative effects of air pollution, noise pollution and car dependency are mostly borne by the poor.
- tnzm 6y agoWe should definitely expect road policy to not introduce extra inequality.
- pharmakom 6y agoThis sounds reasonable on the face of it, but actually it’s not. I can’t think of many policies that might not introduce some inequality somewhere in society. That’s an unrealistic standard. Increasingly inequality is of course something we should be mindful of when designing policy though.
- tnzm 6y agoI beg to differ. I see ensuring a level playing field while preventing abuse, as pretty much the only valid reason for any (internal) policy at all. Everything else is just history being written by the winners.