S’il est élu maire de Québec, Sam Hamad promet d’abolir la taxe sur l’immatriculation de 60 $ imposée depuis cette année par l’administration Marchand, d’avis que «les efforts nécessaires» n’ont pas été faits dans les finances publiques.
Also because cars create a huge number of negative externalities that impose additional costs on society as a whole. Pollution, climate damage, accidents, wear and tear on roads and other infrastructure, increased public transit costs because transit has to contend with traffic, etc. As someone who does drive, I absolutely should be made to pay for those costs.
Because every bike is a car off the road. Every car off the road is a car out of your way.
Or a mitigation against the climate apocalypse, take your pick.
Also because cars create a huge number of negative externalities that impose additional costs on society as a whole. Pollution, climate damage, accidents, wear and tear on roads and other infrastructure, increased public transit costs because transit has to contend with traffic, etc. As someone who does drive, I absolutely should be made to pay for those costs.