The Social Cost Of Driving

To solve transportation problems, the private cost of driving should match its social cost.

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July 18, 2002, 1:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Meanwhile, we continue to subsidize those who drive. Experts reckon that drivers pay only a quarter of the real cost of operating a vehicle; the remaining costs--things like congestion, sprawl, road maintenance and pollution--are paid for by society as a whole...Any long-term solution to our region's transportation must do exactly the opposite: Raise the private cost of driving to more closely approximate its full social cost."

Thanks to Paul Esling

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