jaykrownI'm happy that oil prices are going up
You know whose hurt by high prices? Poor people. Guess whose not hurt by them? Rich people.
CerebralHawksExactly. Based on this, and based on OP’s other responses, OP is basically saying “I want poor people to suffer so rich people can make more money” (off of new car sales with more efficient engines, or electric).
So my question for them is: is the income divide not great enough? If not, when will it be?
That’s mainly a problem for car-brained people. There are other modes of transportation, you know.
People in dense cities who only drive are car brained. People who live where there are zero other options are simply getting to the store or to work the only way they can.
Don’t know where you get your figures, but my research says otherwise.
45% of Americans have no access to public transportation at all, particularly in rural and outer suburban areas.
And, while 55% have access to public transit, it’s often not running when/where they need it to go. Or it might take hours of their life from them. Public transit isn’t such a great deal if it turns a 15 minute commute into 90 minutes. That’s an extra couple of hours per day of your time, unpaid and unproductive. It adds up.
But, this is the way the transit system is designed in the USA. It’s no accident that public transit is so inconvenient. Major car companies lobby against public transit, and the politicians gladly trade their integrity for a campaign contribution.
45% of Americans have no access to public transportation at all, particularly in rural and outer suburban areas.
And the primary reason for this is that gas is cheap and that there’s little political demand for public transport. Public transport sucks because only the poorest of the poor use it. In places where the working and middle class use it, it actually provides decent service.
Good public transport and low gas prices are mutually exclusive.