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Re:NYC subway and bus services have entered 'death spiral', ... by stale2002 on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:39PM (#18499996)
It actually matters quite a bit.

If the potato trucks had to pay for the full cost of roads, then they would be incentived to drive that cost down.

Aligning incentives is important.

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Re:NYC subway and bus services have entered 'death spiral', ... by geezerjay on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @02:09PM (#18505151)
> If the potato trucks had to pay for the full cost of roads, then they would be incentived to drive that cost down.

More realistically, potato prices would go up to reflect operational costs.

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Re:NYC subway and bus services have entered 'death spiral', ... by stale2002 on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @08:14PM (#18507318)
At which point people would buy less potatoes, or buy more locally produced goods.

Which is the entire point. To incentivize people to change their behavior.

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