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IMO, everyone should start from phasing out street parking. Mandatory private parking would create selection pressure towards smaller and less obnoxious cars, p
by numpad0 3y ago
IMO, everyone should start from phasing out street parking. Mandatory private parking would create selection pressure towards smaller and less obnoxious cars, proportionate to mental as well as financial investments by its owner.
- jayski 3y agoDenmark taxes car purchases at 150%. I think Singapore does something similar.
- petre 3y agoDenmark taxes lower income rural residents disproportionally. Singapore is a city state.
- jayski 3y agoNot sure what that has to do with anything... I wasn't commenting on the equality of the Danish tax system, or the status of Singapore. I was just saying taxing car purchases is another idea to disincentivize cars.
- malinens 3y agoIn rural places car is neccessity everywhere in the world, but in urban it is not
- herbstein 3y agoWhile our car taxes are very high, the 150% is the top marginal rate and isn't applied to cheap economy boxes.
- fragmede 3y agoThat sounds more like a transfer of wealth from government coffers to private parking structure owners. How would that affect the size of vehicles?
- numpad0 3y agoProperty owners try to maximize residential fraction within land and car count within minimized parking lots. Car owners try to minimize ownership and space premiums. The result is more no-lot housings, more demand for public transportation, and more compact hybrids.