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this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2024
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The government has the power to make changes. When there are solutions available that benefit everyone, going with a punitive alternative that does not address the fundamental issue is bad policy.
The fundamental issue is too many cars. Congestion pricing reduces the number of cars, which gets at the root of the problem.
We should instead ask why people are choosing cars over public transport, then address those issues. The number of cars are only a symptom of the problem.
There are lots of answers to that, but the basic one is that we've allowed too many cars into a space which can't handle them. A congestion fee changes that, by actively discouraging them.