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> That also being said, pedestrian, public transport, and bicyclist infrastructure is also majorly funded in part by car-related taxes, to which there is no alt
by foxyv 4y ago
> That also being said, pedestrian, public transport, and bicyclist infrastructure is also majorly funded in part by car-related taxes, to which there is no alternate source of funding if cars completely go away
This is unfortunately incorrect. Cars are heavily subsidized by income and property taxes. The cost to maintain and build roads far out-strip the taxes collected by gas and sales taxes for automobiles. Right now, the accounting is made to look like cars are funding these programs, however it is mostly sleight of hand.
Edit: Additional info https://taxfoundation.org/states-road-funding-2019/ https://taxfoundation.org/states-road-funding-2019/
- Karrot_Kream 4y agoMoreover every American's taxes pay for roads like highways that are completely unusable if you aren't in a car.
- winternett 4y agoif the roads weren't built for cars to begin with, Bike lanes would cost a lot more. I did not say that car related taxes were the only way that bike infrastructure was funded, I said it was the major source of funding for alternative transportation. If you pick a city like New York or DC, maintaining public infrastructure without car-related revenue would be fiscally impossible. The Amsterdam model does not work in those cases. Amsterdam also has legalized and taxed drug and sex trade markets, which might explain how they closed their car-related funding gaps.
- foxyv 4y ago> If you pick a city like New York or DC, maintaining public infrastructure without car-related revenue would be fiscally impossible. This doesn't seem right. 92.8% of New York's revenue comes from Sales and Income taxes. https://ballotpedia.org/New_York_state_budget_and_finances#:~:text=Revenues%20come%20mainly%20from%20tax,corrections%2C%20Medicaid%2C%20and%20transportation https://ballotpedia.org/New_York_state_budget_and_finances#:....