Not just true for personal vehicles; road maintenance costs, health and safety costs and insurance losses all exponentially increase with higher vehicle weights: commercial vehicles are deeply subsidized.
Socialized costs and risks, privatized profits.
Bezos built a fortune on it.
@rexi @BrentToderian Bezos has an interesting business model for his Amazon delivery vehicles.
Have you noticed those things park wherever the hell they want to, including in the middle of the street?
Amazon doesn't own them. Private delivery contractors own the trucks. But Amazon lends the contractor the money to buy the truck, and charges interest.
If the truck crashes, the liability is on the contractor.
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The part of the equation most often left out is that shifting a journey from car to public transport benefits people other than the person travelling - not least, the people still in cars who have less congestion to deal with.
Why should the ticket buyer have to pay for all those other benefits?
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