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Who’s subsidizing car ownership? If you look at the rate of car ownership outside of top 5 metro areas it’s 93%+ everywhere with with on average more than two c

by Spivak 4y ago

Who’s subsidizing car ownership? If you look at the rate of car ownership outside of top 5 metro areas it’s 93%+ everywhere with with on average more than two cars per household and that’s before commercial vehicles that take you places, stock your stores, and deliver your packages. And the usage of your own personal vehicles is taxed in proportion via gasoline. When we’re talking about government services that literally everyone uses multiple times over it stops being a subsidy and starts being “we all pay for it collectively.”

nayuki 4y ago
> Free, off-street parking mandated in building codes > Exempting pickup trucks and SUVs from emissions laws > Lack of vehicle safety laws to protect pedestrians and cyclists > A mortgage interest deduction drives suburban sprawl > Pedestrians have limited ability to sue drivers > Pedestrians can’t sue car makers for defects > Hit and runs are rarely prosecuted > Out-of-pocket car expenses don’t cover the cost of roads > That’s right: Registration fees, rising gas prices, insurance, and toll booths don’t come close to covering the cost of roadways. The federal gas tax hasn’t gone up since 1993, under-pacing inflation along with state gas taxes. The difference is recouped with universal taxes that pay no attention to how often a person drives. -- https://stacker.com/society/how-driving-subsidized-america https://stacker.com/society/how-driving-subsidized-america Also: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2022/02/09/study-car-ownership-costs-all-of-us-the-vehicle-owner-and-society/ https://usa.streetsblog.org/2022/02/09/study-car-ownership-c... , https://medium.com/radical-urbanist/cars-gets-billions-in-hidden-subsidies-b3bf9e6bfafc https://medium.com/radical-urbanist/cars-gets-billions-in-hi... , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800921003943 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092180092...
adammarples 4y ago
Who is subsidising car ownership: the people in the metro areas of course. Huge amounts of infrastructure spending go on suburban sprawl, which is only useful to people who live in the suburban sprawl and who must own cars to do so.

by Spivak 4y ago

nayuki 4y ago

> Free, off-street parking mandated in building codes > Exempting pickup trucks and SUVs from emissions laws > Lack of vehicle safety laws to protect pedestrians and cyclists > A mortgage interest deduction drives suburban sprawl > Pedestrians have limited ability to sue drivers > Pedestrians can’t sue car makers for defects > Hit and runs are rarely prosecuted > Out-of-pocket car expenses don’t cover the cost of roads > That’s right: Registration fees, rising gas prices, insurance, and toll booths don’t come close to covering the cost of roadways. The federal gas tax hasn’t gone up since 1993, under-pacing inflation along with state gas taxes. The difference is recouped with universal taxes that pay no attention to how often a person drives. -- https://stacker.com/society/how-driving-subsidized-america https://stacker.com/society/how-driving-subsidized-america Also: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2022/02/09/study-car-ownership-costs-all-of-us-the-vehicle-owner-and-society/ https://usa.streetsblog.org/2022/02/09/study-car-ownership-c... , https://medium.com/radical-urbanist/cars-gets-billions-in-hidden-subsidies-b3bf9e6bfafc https://medium.com/radical-urbanist/cars-gets-billions-in-hi... , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800921003943 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092180092...

adammarples 4y ago

Who is subsidising car ownership: the people in the metro areas of course. Huge amounts of infrastructure spending go on suburban sprawl, which is only useful to people who live in the suburban sprawl and who must own cars to do so.