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It's funny that you are using "heavily subsidized public transport" while using the entierly subsidized road system...
by Demoneeri 7y ago
It's funny that you are using "heavily subsidized public transport" while using the entierly subsidized road system...
- LIV2 7y agoJust about all public road systems are subsidised but are public transport systems?. This will work better in cities with cheap/free public transport
- osdiab 7y agoOr if like in some other parts of the world public transit companies can profit off the development around train stations, and then treat the trains as marketing that literally funnels trainloads of people to their profit centers.
- microcolonel 7y ago> entirely Forgetting fuel taxes?
- asjw 7y agoDisclaimer: I've been car free for the past three years. I agree that roads are public infrastructure, but car owners are heavily taxed in Europe, especially some parts of Europe. In Italy, excluding fuel taxes (which cover 70% of the cost of the fuel BTW) every car owner pays a mandatory "car owning tax" for each car they own, that totals around 5-6 billions euros/year. And it's only the main one, there are several others.
- fragmede 7y agoIn the US, it's called a car registration fee, but it's the same thing - a tax on owning a car.
- strider12 7y agoExcise tax, Gas Tax, Tolls, Registration Fees, Inspection Fees ... Parking fee's... Cars pay their way to the point of making the country profitable in that regard...