Eric Jaffe does a nice summary of some recent work by Victoria’s Todd Littman, in Atlantic Cities here.
Like this:
(The) conventional view, says Litman, is that policymakers come up with car-affordability measures that often make the situation worse.
Low-income households, in particular, bear the brunt of political efforts to keep gas taxes low. (Studies have found that funding transportation through sales tax measures can be painfully regressive, benefiting wealthy car owners most.)
Increasing fuel taxes or implementing road fares, while ostensibly making cars less affordable, actually go a long way toward improving general transport affordability, argues Litman, especially if the revenues go toward improving multi-modal transit services.
And this:
More here.
