Originally Posted by
cooker
I don't see it as "correct" or "incorrect". Driving imposes some costs and possible harms on society (read: other people) and drivers should be accountable for a larger share of those costs, which will somewhat spur them to drive less.
Idk how P&R this topic would be considered within an LCF thread, but when you say that there are costs that people should be accountable for, without also saying that they should reduce the thing that is causing the costs, you're basically saying that it's ok to pay to pollute if you want to. Paying to pollute might work for something like littering, where there are people happy to take your money to clean up after you, but in the bigger picture of land-use, sprawl, environment/climate, etc. there's no solution that can be bought because the solution involves calming, not exciting, economic activity.