[treehau5]

> the government is subsidizing commuters to drive themselves to work instead of carpooling or taking mass transit or walking or biking or working from home.

I would imagine in the majority of scenarios this is a false choice. There simply is no reasonable alternative. Our city planning was piss poor and thought it was a good idea to emulate Atlanta when it comes to road building (i.e. build them wherever the hell, with no rhyme or reason). Biking: not an option. Working from home? If I were to be so lucky.

Second, not much thought was given to the economic impact of those commuters.

[emodendroket]

Well, yes, that, and also, lots of people are going to drive to the train or bus station and park there, so we're not talking about two disjoint sets.