I'm as conservative as they come and this decision makes the most sense in my mind. There is no natural right to drive a car. Streets are public properties to b

I'm as conservative as they come and this decision makes the most sense in my mind. There is no natural right to drive a car. Streets are public properties to be used how 'the public' (that is 'the government' sees fit). It is absolutely within the right of the city to tax cars. The law is not obviously immoral as all data (and my own experience) indicate that new york city is most easily traversed by subway and bus, and it has a long history of a robust public transit system. Governments need to choose where to spend tax money and the market results show that, even before this tax, residents preferred transit. Thus it makes sense to deprioritize private autos for transit. People who want to own cars should live somewhere other than manhattan (my goodness... are people really so dense these days that this needs to be spelled out for them?)