TL;DW: CityNerd dives into how, from a Pigouvian tax (aka externality tax) point of view, how car ownership is incredibly subsidized and artificially cheap, and how this helps drive car-dependent sprawl.
TL;DW: CityNerd dives into how, from a Pigouvian tax (aka externality tax) point of view, how car ownership is incredibly subsidized and artificially cheap, and how this helps drive car-dependent sprawl.
Public transit in most of North America is a joke. People are forced to buy cars by design. Public transit was destroyed by lobbyists after WW II and has never recovered. Until we prioritize public transit things will just get worse.