Re:Taxing Uber and Lyft rides is L.A's latest plan to free u...
by twblalock on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @11:12PM
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Public transit has to happen first.
If you introduce congestion charges without also providing a functional public transit alternative you'll be voted out of office. Plain and simple.
Congestion charges worked in London, for example, because public transit is amazing there and people could stop driving without decreasing their quality of life. Yet it was still a source of much controversy in London at the time. What are people supposed to do in LA -- walk everywhere?
If you introduce congestion charges without also providing a functional public transit alternative you'll be voted out of office. Plain and simple.
Congestion charges worked in London, for example, because public transit is amazing there and people could stop driving without decreasing their quality of life. Yet it was still a source of much controversy in London at the time. What are people supposed to do in LA -- walk everywhere?