Comment influencing society's behaviour (Score 1) 621
consider that by "taxing' road usage, you discourage people from relying on cars so much and will hopefully shift people's focus to building sustainable urban environments in the long run.
Right now it looks like elitism or big brother in the making - but in the long run cars will be less the transport of choice and society will tend back to mass transport and decentralized urban environments (mega-malls go bye-bye if people won't drive there from miles around - unless they're situated at the end of major public transport systems).
Right now it looks like elitism or big brother in the making - but in the long run cars will be less the transport of choice and society will tend back to mass transport and decentralized urban environments (mega-malls go bye-bye if people won't drive there from miles around - unless they're situated at the end of major public transport systems).