• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I disagree on all accounts. Instead of banning/restricting trucks, we should instead make them less convenient and more expensive. So:

    • restructure cities to be transit and pedestrian first, not traffic first - see The Netherlands
    • charge vehicle registration fees based on curb weight, since heavier vehicles destroy roads more; multiply this by miles driven, less any documentation the owner has about driving on private land
    • charge an extra fee for vehicles falling net mpg targets; don’t special case SUVs and trucks, just tax them (and have certain exceptions to the tax, like if you actually use the higher passenger capacity of minivans, have a farm, etc)

    The taxes would go toward pedestrian and transit infrastructure to offset the lower efficiency and greater danger larger vehicles pose.

    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      Yes, of course. I am not entirely serious with this plan either – there is no way you could convince existing owners to have them recolored.