Climate lockdowns are here.

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[–]Alienhunter 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I think these strategies tend to be confusing and difficult to implement. It's far easier to simply introduce tolls or a tax on parking in high congestion areas to encourage people to take public transportation instead and reduce traffic.

[–]tiny-brown-mug 0 insightful - 1 fun0 insightful - 0 fun1 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Or, just make public transport free. That'll incentivize the use of public transit without punishing people for using their own cars. It's the punishment aspect that I don't like. I don't mind positive reinforcement, but taxing or disciplining people for not going along and just trying to drive their own car (which should be regarded as their own private property to use as they like so long as they're not running people over) seems harsh.

This seems like a step in the direction of "you don't have the right to use your own property; you rent your very existence from us, and therefore must pay a fine to operate your car!" That's too extreme. By all means, give folks incentives for biking or taking a bus or whatever, but don't try to penalize or humiliate car drivers.

[–]Alienhunter 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes that's called property tax.