Sarah Peper 🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦Feb 20, 2023

Public transport isn't supposed to make money. It's not even supposed to break even. It's supposed to lose money and to be financed and extended from general taxes because it gives back way more than mere money.

And all the politicians know this because they keep building and maintaining streets for free

Show threadmjfgatesFeb 21, 2023
@jay_peper .. Except roads are paid for via taxes on fuel and on vehicles? It's a huge issue; nobody's sure what to do about it in the face of all the electric cars showing up. In the US, different jurisdictions are trying different stuff; I can't seem to find anything but handwringing about it from the UK.
Show threadCassandrich
@mjfgates @jay_peper Gigantic fixed fees per vehicle independent of usage, unless you submit to tracking. It's awful and makes EVs an non starter in jurisdictions doing it. Vastly more expensive per year than my total gas bill.
Feb 23, 2023 at 9:25pmWeb
Show threadCassandrichFeb 24, 2023
@mjfgates @jay_peper For now they should just increase gas taxes inversely proportional to % of vehicles that are still ICE, so as to make a compounding incentive to convert until gas taxes reach $50/gal or so, and gradually shift to taxing businesses based on # of employees who commute to pay for roads (alongside payroll tax).