Australian researchers have found that tire wear and tear is a major contributor to urban waterway pollution, producing particulate matter that includes microplastics. But, they also found that there are effective ways of reducing this type of pollution, which can affect the health of the…
Perhaps theres a solution buried in there. Organize society so were not burning our lifespan and the planet unecessarily commuting.
Bus, train.
Bus, train, walkable cities, remote work, increased automation and reduced labour reducing commute requirements, production near consumption to reduce freight, tackling international economic inequities so it isnt cheaper to make a widget accross the world at poverty wages and ship it to those who live on the other side to buy within the means of their poverty wages - purchasing low quality quickly broken widgets that need consistent replacement and therefore further freight for that consistent supply.
This all means higher taxes to fund it all.
Good luck starting that initiative.
You got that backwards. Suburbia and car dependency are already aggressively subsidized.
https://medium.com/by-the-bay/subsidizing-suburbia-2c3b66f88d4c
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/4/16/when-apartment-dwellers-subsidize-suburban-homeowners
You’re missing the point. Infrastructure costs money.
And cars require far more infrastructure than any other option…
Already paid for.
Again I can’t tell if you simply don’t get it or are intentionally obtuse in bad faith.
And currently needs trillions of dollars of maintenance.
If anyone is arguing in bad faith, it’s you
The highways are already there. They don’t need to be created. What are u talking about. U don’t understand what bad faith means obviously…lol
Yes they need to be maintained. Everything does.