Phatscotty wrote:BigBallinStalin wrote:natty_dread wrote:People living in cities that have good public transport options should have to pay an extra 100% tax for gas.
Then the city can jack up the prices of its publicly provided mass transportation options. DOUBLE WHAMMY!
and mass transit is subsidized already. The true cost is over twice what they charge. Everyone starts using mass transit and stops paying all those gas taxes......BOOM SHAKA-LAKAH!
Sometimes more than twice, but yeah...
However, you cannot look just at things in isolation. There are benefits provided by mass transit that make it a worthy tax investment. Maintaining mass trasit systems typically cost less (overall) to maintain, but the biggest benefit is providing a ready way for low income people and "average" people to move around and get jobs.