Originally Posted by
crhilton
I'm not sure if anyone has pointed this out or not but Denmark has an interesting way of promoting bicycling: They make owning a car very expensive. Their car tax roughly triples the purchase price of a new car.
I'd be interested to know if some of the bike riders are resentful of the fact that they can only afford to ride. That might explain some of the unmaintained biked.
It is true that taxes triple the cost of a car(that runs on gasoline). But this has nothing to do with promoting bikes or public transportation. Public transportation is privately owned. The amazing fact is that the cost of taking the train is so high, that you would probably save money if you get a cheap car!
Most ppl can afford a car anyway, but it has tradionally not been sougth after.
But it is changing now, lots of young ppl are buying and pimping cars now. Paradoxically mostly young guys under education! They make one third or half of the normal living wage!
Theres a 25% tax on food too, Im sure this is not a way to promote eating less!
All of this is of course my own interpretation of things....