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It’s interesting to me in a free country that you also pay vehicle registration (this is supposed to cover your taxes on road use) that taxes like this are a th
by tekknik 3y ago
It’s interesting to me in a free country that you also pay vehicle registration (this is supposed to cover your taxes on road use) that taxes like this are a thing.
- bjourne 3y agoDon't think it is stranger than publicly funded museums charging entrance fees.
- tekknik 3y agoThat’s a bit different, but still a head scratcher. You can never go to a museum and still be capable of going to work. You need a car for work most of the time.
- Cogito 3y ago> You need a car for work most of the time. This is an interesting perspective. Here in Sydney Australia most households will have a car or two, but most of the people I've ever worked with do not drive to or for work. Another large chunk of people will drive to get to a train station or bus stop, and then get public transport the rest of the way. There are a lot of people who do drive for work, especially as you get to the edges of the city sprawl, but even then there are often viable public transport options. Those people tend to not work in the city centre or business parks I've worked in. With working from home even less people are driving due to work.
- tekknik 3y agoWe’re talking about the US, not Australia.
- Cogito 3y agoThe post you responded to originally literally talks about congestion pricing ‘around the world’. Regardless, it’s not like everyone in the US has to drive for work, for the exact same reasons they don’t here. It’s still an interesting perspective for me because I know that in some places it must seem like everyone has to drive, but it’s not something that I would normally consider.
- closeparen 3y agoYou absolutely do not need a car to go to work in Manhattan, outside of very particular situations.
- tekknik 3y agoif you live in manhattan, but this isn’t punishing those people is it?
- closeparen 3y agoIt’s New York. The vast majority of commuters from outside Manhattan take public transit. PATH, LIRR, Metro North, etc.
- closeparen 3y agoCongestion pricing does not interfere with drivers going places other than the city center. They can also still drive to the city center if they value it enough. Deterring people from owning cars altogether, or restricting the spaces and routes drivers can use (in the way cyclists and pedestrians are currently restricted, in this "free" country) would be far more aggressive moves.
- tekknik 3y agoThat’s the next step isn’t it? With EVs being near useless outside of city centers and city centers are beginning to charge congestion fees then it’s quite obvious what’s coming next.
- closeparen 3y agoEVs are near useless in city centers because hardly anybody can install home charging, plus many households have only 1 car so they hamstring themselves for road trips. If you can install a charger on your property and also have ICE vehicles in your household, EVs are great. Not too many suburbanites / exurbanites doing >250 miles in day.
- tekknik 3y agoyou pretty well ignored the question and answered one nobody asked.
- closeparen 3y agoThe “what’s coming next” part depends on the premise “EVs being near useless outside of city centers” being true. It’s not.