[MengerSponge]

Driving is a luxury, and should be priced accordingly

[bathtub365]

It’s quite expensive to buy and maintain a car

[MengerSponge]

Yes, and public roads should be an additional cost.

I'm not interested in banning cars, but I am interested in charging appropriately for sprawl and air pollution.

[plandis]

Car registration fees / gas taxes do pay for that?

[patmorgan23]

They contribute to but don't even come close to covering the total cost (at least in the United States but I suspect it's similar In Europe)

[thefringthing]

Driving is net subsidized, even before pricing in these externalities.

[serpix]

It is ridiculously expensive but the freedom is unparalleled. It would takes two hours to go across town. It takes 30 minutes by car. This is in Helsinki. Public transport works only to and from city center, sideways travel is royally painful.

[earthling8118]

Cars are chains that bind us, nothing more. The "freedom" to pay for insurance, gasoline, tires, batteries, and whatever else happens to go wrong. Cities with a proper public transit story also tend to have better driving experiences too