A better idea would just be to let drivers pay the real price for the infrastructure they occupy and their negative externalities.
Then people would likely not have a issue with public transit.
A better idea would just be to let drivers pay the real price for the infrastructure they occupy and their negative externalities.
Then people would likely not have a issue with public transit.
"Let's make car owners more miserable" is a typical sentiment held by young, healthy people who live in dense cities and ride an electric bicycle to work.
Not everyone can do that. Many areas also completely lack the public transit infrastructure needed to support a normal life.
E.g., a couple of days ago, I was shocked to learn just how bad the UK public transport system really is, apparently, outside of major metros (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49445286)