> Cities and heavily urban states could fix their pedestrian safety problems easily by creating massive local registration taxes on large vehicles, without a federal tax penalizing rural areas.
Why? The majority of the US population (~80%) lives in urban areas [1].
Turning your suggestion on its head, rural areas and states could fix their supposedly over-penalized residents by providing them with money or other incentives to compensate. Maybe rural local governments could subsidize door-to-door vans that deliver groceries on a route, so the rural people can drive less.
Why? The majority of the US population (~80%) lives in urban areas [1].
Turning your suggestion on its head, rural areas and states could fix their supposedly over-penalized residents by providing them with money or other incentives to compensate. Maybe rural local governments could subsidize door-to-door vans that deliver groceries on a route, so the rural people can drive less.
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[1] https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/urban-ru...