BadDesignMakesMeSad t1_j4652ns wrote on January 13, 2023 at 1:00 PM

I see that we’re slowly regretting completely shifting our infrastructure to cars without any real alternatives in most places. You can cut the taxes as much as you want but it’s not going to help with the core issue that most people are completely reliant on their cars for basically all of their trips in much of the US. I guess we never learned from the oil crisis in the 70s.

69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j471lq5 wrote on January 13, 2023 at 4:47 PM

We're about fifteen years into nationwide oppositional defiant disorder, too. If someone with authority says that we should maybe cut down on the amount of gas we consume, 30% of the country will buy extra gas to pour into a ditch out of spite. Great country we've got.

BadDesignMakesMeSad t1_j47tz9l wrote on January 13, 2023 at 7:40 PM

Those people are not the core issue though. The core issue is down to policy. Strict zoning policies disallow denser and mixed use development to allow places to be more walkable, we aren’t properly funding our public transit systems, and we’re constantly trying to make fossil fuels cheaper rather than trying to face the reality that moving away from fossil fuels is better for the environment, public health, and the economy (though that’s largely down to an exceeding amount of political power that the fossil fuel industry has. There are other reason too such as vocal opponents of all things density and transit but those voices are getting drowned out by the large amount of people who are demanding better alternatives to driving. Just a handful of policies on all levels of government that change zoning laws and prioritize transit projects could make a huge difference.