Re:If you’re renting a city apt. without a car, 16% of your ...
by photojosh on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @09:34PM
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I agree! But if you're a true libertarian, it's not just parking. What about the direct costs of building and maintaining the roads themselves?
I use a bike for 90% of my travel time and I have a (smallish) libertarian streak too. It galls me that there's such enormous subsidies to vehicle drivers, with a simultaneous refusal from government to invest even 1-2% of that amount towards safe cycling infrastructure. And I say invest (rather than spend), because said infrastructure has been shown every time to generate a profit once you include the health benefits, etc.
I use a bike for 90% of my travel time and I have a (smallish) libertarian streak too. It galls me that there's such enormous subsidies to vehicle drivers, with a simultaneous refusal from government to invest even 1-2% of that amount towards safe cycling infrastructure. And I say invest (rather than spend), because said infrastructure has been shown every time to generate a profit once you include the health benefits, etc.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/10/driving...