| > subsidies for cars > Toll-free highways and roads. > Free on-street parking. Since when is this a subsidy? The only reason we pay taxes is so the government can provide us with useful infrastructure like this. I'm not american by the way. Much of what you said simply doesn't apply to me. For example, I'm not sure we have mandated parking minimums. I wish we did. > When you have lived your whole life in cities that are designed automobile first and automobile only, and public transit is either non-existent or still underfunded compared with cars My city has plenty of collective transport options. There are so many nice air conditioned buses that they're a nuisance in traffic. We have a train station, an airport. I still prefer cars. Not because of environmental efficiency but because they're convenient and they allow me to be independent. I don't have to depend on some other transport service's schedule. I don't have to sit around waiting for the bus to arrive. I don't have to be around other people. I don't have to wait until the vehicle makes countless stops in places that have nothing to do with me. I just get in my car and go wherever I need to go. > An individual can only choose between choices they know exist, based on the information they have access to. I have the information and I'm perfectly capable of choosing. Even if we had amazing japanese style trains crossing every city in my country I'd still prefer a car for local transportation. |