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Re:New York City will charge drivers going downtown. Other c... by cyberax on Saturday June 10, 2023 @08:25PM (#36276765)
> Taxes that are also paid by those who don't drive, yes?

If you want to be strictly true then yes.

In practice, if you are using transit in the US, then you are likely not paying much in taxes. There are exceptions (NYC, SF, DC), of course.

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Re:New York City will charge drivers going downtown. Other c... by rafram on Sunday June 11, 2023 @09:49AM (#36281345)
> There are exceptions (NYC, SF, DC), of course.

The metro areas of those three cities contain almost 10 percent of the US population.

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Re:New York City will charge drivers going downtown. Other c... by matchbok on Sunday June 11, 2023 @01:13PM (#36283271)
If your whole argument against transit requires us to ignore the three biggest transit systems is order for your argument to work…. You don’t have a good argument champ.
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