Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it

Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it by exprA on Friday February 17, 2017 @07:17AM (#13667705)

Speaking as an European, can you really call driving subsidized (if it is in one single area, such as building code) when much more cash is spent in social services paid by fuel taxes?

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Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it by TulliusCicero on Friday February 17, 2017 @09:27AM (#13668414)

I'm less familiar with the economics of it in Europe, where gas taxes are much, much higher than in the US, and there's not nearly as much road and highway sprawl.

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Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it by TheCoelacanth on Friday February 17, 2017 @01:50PM (#13670664)

> more cash is spent in social services paid by fuel taxes

That might be the case in Europe, but it's not true of the US. Here fuel taxes only cover about 50% of the cost of roads with the rest coming from the general fund.

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Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it by lmm on Friday February 17, 2017 @08:26AM (#13668102)

Compare the all-in cost spent supporting drivers (including e.g. the value of public land that's used for roads) with the total revenue received from them.

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