The measure, which is already applied in cities such as London, Milan and Stockholm, will come into effect in spring and aims to raise $1 billion a year for public transportation
My impression is that the folks supporting this (and other measures that make driving harder) are vocal but a minority, and the majority would be opposed except that it simply didn’t take these issues into account while voting. (I know I didn’t believe they’d actually manage to do this.) That’s just based on talking to the people I know, not on any survey. I guess we’ll see if actually having to pay the tolls pisses off enough people to change who gets elected next time…
It might piss people that they vote differently, but it doesn’t change the fact that cities bending over backwards to accommodate cars have historically downgraded the experience for people.
My impression is that the folks supporting this (and other measures that make driving harder) are vocal but a minority, and the majority would be opposed except that it simply didn’t take these issues into account while voting. (I know I didn’t believe they’d actually manage to do this.) That’s just based on talking to the people I know, not on any survey. I guess we’ll see if actually having to pay the tolls pisses off enough people to change who gets elected next time…
It might piss people that they vote differently, but it doesn’t change the fact that cities bending over backwards to accommodate cars have historically downgraded the experience for people.