Mastodawn

Ika Makimaki Feb 7, 2023

The average annual cost of owning a car is $8000.

Depending on the model it can range from $5000 to $12000 though.

If local governments really wanted to "ease the pressure of living costs" on their populations, they'd fund #PublicTransport, #cycling and #walking, allowing people the freedom to NOT own a car and automatically putting 8 thousand dollars in the pocket of every ex motorist.

#carDependency is financial ruin for cities.

#NoCarNoProblem #motonormativity #CarBrain

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Alistair K

@pezmico They'd also push urban planning in the direction that pretty much every urban planning expert would have it go, rather than in the opposite direction. Probably also sack all the council planners who don't have an actual urban planning credential. I've met too many who have generic degrees in things like geography. The system stacks the odds against doing a good job.