Originally Posted by
noisebeam
how do you propose making cycling more inconvenient and expensive?
By eliminating the price of cheap gasoline as a talking point for US presidential elections. This feeds the demand from the public to believe they are entitled to cheap gas.
Voters in Super Tuesday contests say gas prices were the most critical factor in their vote.
77% of those surveyed felt that gasoline prices would influence their vote (1). Pathetic.
Driving in Japan is very expensive. We need to do the same thing in the US. Licenses should cost $1500/year in every state, to be renewed every two years. Instead of subsidizing the price of gas, the US should tax it heavily like they do in Europe (2). Downtown city centers should be tolled. Every bridge should be tolled. Insurance rates should all go up 20%. None of these rate hikes should go up for commercial transportation, just for personal automobiles.
In a world how i envision it above, how many people will be driving? Watch driving rates plummet.
Sources
(1)
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/0...tial-election/
(2)
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/01/news...l/usgas_price/