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I would rather money to subsidize e-bikes go into creating safer bike lanes. Using a bike as a regular means of commuting is high risk. Motor vehicle drivers ar

I would rather money to subsidize e-bikes go into creating safer bike lanes. Using a bike as a regular means of commuting is high risk. Motor vehicle drivers are inattentive, distracted, unaware, and sometimes intentionally vindictive.

s0rce 3y ago
Why not both? Tax cars more, particularly big ones and parking. Subsidize bikes and bike lane projects.
- vorpalhex 3y ago
  You are indirectly saying to tax farmers, the poor and other people who don't or can't live within bicycle distance of their work, or who have to do things like work on their own house. Not to mention families!
  - acover 3y ago
    You can make regressive taxes progressive with rebates.
  - sofixa 3y ago
    Taxes on cars can and should be proportional to weight, power, size, price, etc. It's quite easy to increase the taxes on Porsche Cayennes without making Honda Civics unaffordable.
- midoridensha 3y ago
  It sounds great, but in America you'd need to have a revolution and install a brutal dictator to accomplish this, because most Americans would violently oppose this kind of legislation.
  - tim333 3y ago
    America already has taxes on cars and subsidies on bike stuff. It's a question of how much to do.