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The portion who have cars is relatively low, but they heavily skew towards the wealthier part of the population, so they have a disproportionately large amount
by TheCoelacanth 4y ago
The portion who have cars is relatively low, but they heavily skew towards the wealthier part of the population, so they have a disproportionately large amount of political power.
- 7speter 4y agoI dont think you’ve ever been to an outer borough, have you?
- chimeracoder 4y ago> I dont think you’ve ever been to an outer borough, have you? While car ownership rates are higher in the outer boroughs, OP is objectively correct that car ownership in NYC skews towards the wealthy. This is a common talking point among people who oppose congestion pricing by incorrectly claiming that it is a regressive tax. In reality, car ownership rates are positively correlated with income, public transit usage is negatively correlated with income. https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2007/11/02/fact-check-congestion-pricing-is-not-a-regressive-tax/ https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2007/11/02/fact-check-congestion... https://citylimits.org/2017/09/07/debate-fact-check-is-congestion-pricing-regressive/ https://citylimits.org/2017/09/07/debate-fact-check-is-conge...