Companies which rely on transporting products between different locations (like Amazon, UPS etc) will make use of emptier roads to transport more goods. More empty roads = more opportunities for operational efficiency for transportation companies
Edit which isn’t a bad thing per se, companies should get to be more efficient, but not at the expense of tax payers who don’t want to subject themselves to public transport
I think this is easily solved with increased fees on trucking, which is something we should be doing anyway since heavy vehicles are responsible for almost all of the wear and tear in the roads. Right now they don’t pay their fair share of the damage they cause.
Is this your first day under capitalism?
Maybe it is, care to explain?
Companies which rely on transporting products between different locations (like Amazon, UPS etc) will make use of emptier roads to transport more goods. More empty roads = more opportunities for operational efficiency for transportation companies
Edit which isn’t a bad thing per se, companies should get to be more efficient, but not at the expense of tax payers who don’t want to subject themselves to public transport
I think this is easily solved with increased fees on trucking, which is something we should be doing anyway since heavy vehicles are responsible for almost all of the wear and tear in the roads. Right now they don’t pay their fair share of the damage they cause.
Maybe but such companies are also very good at lobbying so it’s not “easily fixable”
True. Politically this would be tough but if we’re restricting private automobiles we’re already in magical Christmasland to some extent.