[numpad0]

IMO, everyone should start from phasing out street parking. Mandatory private parking would create selection pressure towards smaller and less obnoxious cars, proportionate to mental as well as financial investments by its owner.

[fragmede]

That sounds more like a transfer of wealth from government coffers to private parking structure owners. How would that affect the size of vehicles?

[numpad0]

Property owners try to maximize residential fraction within land and car count within minimized parking lots. Car owners try to minimize ownership and space premiums. The result is more no-lot housings, more demand for public transportation, and more compact hybrids.

[jayski]

Denmark taxes car purchases at 150%. I think Singapore does something similar.

[petre]

Denmark taxes lower income rural residents disproportionally. Singapore is a city state.

[herbstein]

While our car taxes are very high, the 150% is the top marginal rate and isn't applied to cheap economy boxes.

[jayski]

Not sure what that has to do with anything...

I wasn't commenting on the equality of the Danish tax system, or the status of Singapore.

I was just saying taxing car purchases is another idea to disincentivize cars.

[malinens]

In rural places car is neccessity everywhere in the world, but in urban it is not