Comment on If the UK government proposed to increase tax by 1% and make trains free would you be in favour?

zerakith@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I am for free public transport from taxation there are some important caveats that would need to be worked out though:

Its also worth noting that its unlikely to be a direct swap in of current revenues with additionally required taxes as there are projects that are very costly that could be redirected and any successful mode shift away from cars would also carry a net positive economic effect on the whole treasury.

Potentially in the short term what could help is a ‘sunk-cost’ ticket similar to the bahnpass where you still pay but do so yearly and get access to any trip anywhere. It makes it more competitive with cars which have massive sunk cost effects which make every trip seem cheaper.

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