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Ever year. Important part of headline is missing. > The total translates to $1,035 in extra costs incurred by each and every American due to increased medical
by megablast 3y ago
Ever year. Important part of headline is missing.
> The total translates to $1,035 in extra costs incurred by each and every American due to increased medical and automotive insurance premiums for everyone, property damage, lost market productivity, and increased taxes to fund public services like first responders.
The amount we have adopted cars is ridiculous. And there really is little need. I have lived all over with no car.
Most cities used to have awesome tram networks that were dismantled to please drivers.
- bluGill 3y agoThe trams were dismantled before the car took over. They were mostly expensive and didn't provide the freedom that cars do. (They could provide it, but only with a much larger network)
- digdugdirk 3y agoUnfortunately, they were dismantled so the car could take over. Many city streetcar systems that were struggling in the great depression were purchased by a group of automakers (including General Motors) and chemical companies and then closed down. From my recollection, the goal was to remove the streetcar systems and increase adoption of buses and automobiles, thereby profiting on the sale of buses and tyres.
- bluGill 3y agoThe important point is they were already struggling first.
- bpodgursky 3y ago> I have lived all over with no car. You've actually only lived in a couple very small, very homogenous, places at the center of dense mass-transit networks.
- cscurmudgeon 3y agoIt goes the other way too. Cities/states now tax cars to fund trains/trams. https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/bridge-toll-hike-18166429.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/bridge-toll-hik...