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[–] McMillan@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the way. Carbon tax will take care of that

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Carbon tax and zoning reform. A tax won't actually succeed in reducing demand if people continue to be forced to drive everywhere because their destinations are too far apart.

[–] McMillan@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Very true. Especially in the US and Australia. On the other hand, increased cost for transportation would create a lot of pressure on individual transport that should lead to more demand for public transport. The effect would probably be slower than a zoning reform