I tend to view transport and urban planning policy as being deeply connected. There’s a number of tools in that policy toolkit that should ideally be used together to reduce car dependency. And pricing is one of them.
And I get the impression that for a number of pragmatic reasons, there might be some differences in what good policy looks like in the US versus Australia.
As an aside, country areas are an interesting side case. I think in many country areas, it is possible to get much better services than currently exist, but that’s a different discussion.
@owen @heatofignition @mondoman712 I think we’re broadly on the same page. It’s definitely not a hard line in the sand at my end.
I tend to view transport and urban planning policy as being deeply connected. There’s a number of tools in that policy toolkit that should ideally be used together to reduce car dependency. And pricing is one of them.
And I get the impression that for a number of pragmatic reasons, there might be some differences in what good policy looks like in the US versus Australia.
As an aside, country areas are an interesting side case. I think in many country areas, it is possible to get much better services than currently exist, but that’s a different discussion.