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Re:American Air’s $1 Price Target at Evercore Implies 92% Co... by baq on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @09:25AM (#23079767)
having a car is a privilege, not a basic need. don't have a car? don't have to pay tolls.

norway has an interesting model which i don't agree with fully - new roads are toll roads until they pay for themselves. i guess support after that time is paid by fuel tax?

Re:American Air’s $1 Price Target at Evercore Implies 92% Co... by chrisseaton on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @09:42AM (#23079909)
How do you get your food? Via someone transporting it in a vehicle? A vehicle on a road? Eating is not a privilege.
Re:American Air’s $1 Price Target at Evercore Implies 92% Co... by baq on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @11:00AM (#23080719)
i've got a shop in walking distance.

someone transporting it in a vehicle is also an option which I very seldom use for groceries but almost everything else does come to my house this way.

access to shelter, food and water should be a basic human right. access to a car and it's supporting infrastructure shouldn't. consider what would have to happen to not need a car to get groceries instead of fueling the positive feedback loop of communities designed for cars and cars only. i've been to a development surrounded by a highway on all sides, you literally couldn't get out of it legally in any way which didn't involve a car. of course people jaywalked to walmart on the other side of one of the two-lane roads.

Re:American Air’s $1 Price Target at Evercore Implies 92% Co... by chrisseaton on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @11:05AM (#23080779)
> i've got a shop in walking distance.

How do you think it gets to the shop?

Re:American Air’s $1 Price Target at Evercore Implies 92% Co... by baq on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @01:02PM (#23082195)
No true Scotsman delivers it there.
Re:American Air’s $1 Price Target at Evercore Implies 92% Co... by chrisseaton on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @04:58PM (#23084983)
You're not understanding my point - I'm saying the goods you buy have to travel by car to get to the stop you go to. So the road roll would increase food prices, which is a regressive thing to do.