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Driving is a luxury, and should be priced accordingly
by MengerSponge 4y ago
Driving is a luxury, and should be priced accordingly
- serpix 4y agoIt is ridiculously expensive but the freedom is unparalleled. It would takes two hours to go across town. It takes 30 minutes by car. This is in Helsinki. Public transport works only to and from city center, sideways travel is royally painful.
- earthling8118 4y agoCars are chains that bind us, nothing more. The "freedom" to pay for insurance, gasoline, tires, batteries, and whatever else happens to go wrong. Cities with a proper public transit story also tend to have better driving experiences too
- bathtub365 4y agoIt’s quite expensive to buy and maintain a car
- MengerSponge 4y agoYes, and public roads should be an additional cost. I'm not interested in banning cars, but I am interested in charging appropriately for sprawl and air pollution.
- plandis 4y agoCar registration fees / gas taxes do pay for that?
- patmorgan23 4y agoThey contribute to but don't even come close to covering the total cost (at least in the United States but I suspect it's similar In Europe)
- thefringthing 4y agoDriving is net subsidized, even before pricing in these externalities.
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- realworldperson 4y ago[dead]