| > Everybody is paying for your 'free parking' don't pretend that we're not. I never asked for free parking. Private residential and office buildings provide proper parking. Only excessive regulations inside the city prevent private owners from making adequate parking available. > In any major city it's physically impossible to transport the majority of people to their work places in cars and impossible to store those cars for the work day. Yes, because the cities are poorly designed, by designers starting with the dehumanizing mindset of "moving" people efficiently. Remove the regulations and watch as people solve the parking problem. > Studies have shown that people are happy to use what ever transport is available as long as it's fast, frequent and cheap. LOL! People will use whatever best is available to them! Cause rents to soar so they don't have money to buy a car. Put excessive taxes on cars so they don't have money to buy a car. Design cities in a way that excludes parking, has narrow streets, so people don't feel comfortable driving and owning a car. And you get the current outcome. I'd be willing to bet that a large proportion of the people taking the bus or train would drive or be driven in a car, if their city were properly designed for human living and transportation. > Everybody pays the car tax. It's not a tax if you can choose. The problem with public transport is that I can't choose. You can find another apartment building without car parks. Or if you feel there is enough of a market you can make one yourself and earn big bucks by offering apartments without car parking (I have a feeling this business would fail miserably). What's the option for me who prefers driving? Will you give me a tax break equivalent to the amount that would have gone to public transportation? |
Because driving is such a joy in countries with less regulation in this area? Please visit Jakarta some time, and compare it to neighbouring Singapore. One of those countries have strict traffic regulation, and the other does not.