We pay massive amounts to subsidize car travel and don’t even know it - eviltoast
Massachusetts’ car economy costs $64 billion, study finds
news.harvard.edu
Harvard study says Massachusetts car economy costs $64 billion, and more than half of that comes from public.
  • Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Using publicly available data, the authors put the annual public tab at $35.7 billion, which amounts to about $14,000 for every household in the state. Those that do own vehicles pony up an additional $12,000 on average in direct costs.

    Holy guacamole.

    Imagine how many frickin grassy trams we could have with that amount of money.