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You know what's cheaper for everyone than buying cars? A good public transit system and safe, actually useful/enjoyable bike infrastructure. I've run the napkin math on this and it's absolutely no contest.
Source: I'm a stranger on the internet and you will certainly not regret taking me at my word.
I live in a state with what would be considered nationally to have very robust public transit—and it fucking sucks. After years of relying on it and on a bike to get around I just want to own a car.
It’s very much baked into American culture but there is no reality where the us builds trains or runs busses out to national parks or every single rural town. Cars are an unfortunate necessity for this country.
Most public transit in my state goes where you don't want to go and takes 3 times as long to get there. I remember a while back when the tax renewal came up there was a story in the local paper about a woman who was using the bus to get to work and it took 2 hours for what was a 15 minute drive even in traffic.