Severus_Snape@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoPublic transit wastes moneylemmy.worldimagemessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1616arrow-down112
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minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-22 days agoi don’t want human powered bicycles or skateboards taxed. those should be encouraged. so should e-bikes but those are basically motorcycles in a propeller hat so they get taxed.
minus-squareNouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoTax by the mass of vehicles with the 4th cube law, as that’s the damage they due to roads. I’d recommend $10/year for bicycles.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoI enjoy that argument because even if you charged bicycles 1¢, cars would still be huge sums of money per year.
i don’t want human powered bicycles or skateboards taxed. those should be encouraged.
so should e-bikes but those are basically motorcycles in a propeller hat so they get taxed.
Tax by the mass of vehicles with the 4th cube law, as that’s the damage they due to roads.
I’d recommend $10/year for bicycles.
I enjoy that argument because even if you charged bicycles 1¢, cars would still be huge sums of money per year.