How not to create traffic jams: Don’t let people park for free

Re:How not to create traffic jams: Don’t let people park for... by ams6110 on Saturday April 08, 2017 @03:27PM (#14068547)

> trying to have a car in the middle of a big city is more hassle than it's worth

I've lived in Chicago, and came to the same conclusion. I like having a car so that's one of the reasons I don't live there anymore.

But most of the US is not big cities. Yet even in modest sized towns you see people advocating for public transit and bike lanes, etc. where they will never be used enough to justify the taxpayer expense.

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Re:How not to create traffic jams: Don’t let people park for... by CydeWeys on Saturday April 08, 2017 @03:38PM (#14068588)

I disagree with you on justifying the public expense. Bike lanes increase safety, both for cyclists and pedestrians. One preventable death is worth many millions of dollars. Bike lanes are incredibly cheap when all externalities are factored in.

EDIT: Also, we spend far, far more money on our road infrastructure than on all public transit combined. You are looking at the cost of public transit but assuming that roads were/are free. They are not. Taking steps towards equalizing funding levels between the two would go a great ways towards making public transit better while remaining revenue neutral.

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