Annual cost of transportation options provided by the city of San Francisco:
Car parking permit: $144

Transit pass: $1,176 (per person!)
Residents are charged 8.1x more to ride transit—a choice that is better for our city and environment—than we charge car owners.

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Replying to @ptraughber
Oh bullshit. Parking: $2580 Insurance: (collision only) $700 Registration: $200 Gas: $500-$1000 Maintence: $~$750 year Without a car payment that’s about $4k a year.
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Replying to @MJB_SF
I highlighted what the city charges. But you highlight a good point: cars as a transportation option are very expensive (one reason they’re a bad means of transportation) and yet they’re *still* subsidized by those who choose not to own one.
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Replying to @ptraughber
Run the analysis on gas tax? I get your point. It’s your logic that fails.
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Replying to @MJB_SF
How does the logic fail? Car driving is heavily subsidized in San Francisco.
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Replying to @ptraughber @MJB_SF
having a car may be subsidized, bc of free parking in residential areas. driving it, not really. parking downtown is 3x the cost of muni. so they're not being charged more for riding public transit than driving to work. it's cheaper and car owners also take muni bart to work
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Driving a car is subsidized, too. The gas taxes and registration fees don’t come close to covering the direct costs, let alone the negative externalities of air pollution and carbon emissions.
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Not even accounting for free infrastructure — roads, bridges, tunnels — most (if not all) being toll-free, and publicly funded.
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