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blellyesterday at 8:53 PM4 repliesview on HN

What do you mean freeloading? Do you know how many taxes do you pay to have a vehicle, gas, etc?


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ragalltoday at 12:42 AM

The car registration and gas taxes don't even pay for a quarter of all road-infrastructure-related costs. It boggles the mind to see free street parking in places like NYC, where a more reasonable cost structure would be something like other cities around the world (and Canada) do: divide the territory in parking districts. Locals can buy a discounted annual pass for the district where their main residence is located (should not cost less than $400/month in a place like Manhattan), while elsewhere the rate should be at least $10-12/hour.

triceratopsyesterday at 10:41 PM

You're leaving your property on public land. How much would that land rent for?

bryanlarsenyesterday at 9:13 PM

You perhaps pay tens of dollars per month. Is that enough to fully cover all externalized costs of owning that vehicle? No.

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