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> 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
by chimeracoder 3y 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...