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Car dependency is a much bigger tax on the poor than congestion pricing. Disincentivizing car travel and incentivizing public transit is a far greater help to t
by danny_codes 2y ago
Car dependency is a much bigger tax on the poor than congestion pricing. Disincentivizing car travel and incentivizing public transit is a far greater help to the poor than any other conceivable transit policy. Most places in America require you to pay 10k a year just to participate. Places with good transit and progressive fare policies require $0 to participate, or a nominal amount.
- jampekka 2y agoYou can incentivize public transport without car tolls. You can disincentivize car travel in various eqalitarian ways, typically by making driving harder or impossible.
- Tostino 2y agoYou still have deliveries and other business related uses for the roadways in NYC. Clearing the roads up for higher economic value activity while also increasing the public transportation reliability and speed seems like a win all around.
- jampekka 2y agoYou can ban or restrict private cars but still allow business related uses. This is how it's done in many places. It would actually clear the roads even more for the higher economic value activity!