tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614300246796046332.post1998124599130877273..comments2020-03-01T10:37:59.893-05:00Comments on Grush Hour: Road Pricing - Fairness for the DisabledBern Grushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00484717588261701565noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614300246796046332.post-12552736442542036372011-01-22T15:53:30.060-05:002011-01-22T15:53:30.060-05:00Well, Matt, good thinking. Who do I talk to? No o...Well, Matt, good thinking. Who do I talk to? No one in NYC DOT answers the phone...<br /><br />Anyway, just so you don't think you are all alone, see this similar idea. http://www.skymetercorp.com/cms/images/news/ManagingJitneyServices.UTM.PDFBern Grushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484717588261701565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614300246796046332.post-45220633636420528242011-01-22T15:30:37.935-05:002011-01-22T15:30:37.935-05:00Grush,
Get your company over to NYC ad solve the ...Grush,<br /><br />Get your company over to NYC ad solve the cab licensing problem by charging cabs for time spent in the city. I am tired of listening to economists bitch about this.<br /><br />We need to let anyone be a cabby as long as they manage their time spent on NYC city streets. The city can license time by the hour and skip the restricted licensing thing.<br /><br />Matt YoungMatt Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404998406161097199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614300246796046332.post-38267061627106418552011-01-20T12:35:28.431-05:002011-01-20T12:35:28.431-05:00liberty: I agree completely. I provided the examp...liberty: I agree completely. I provided the examples I provided rhetorically - to show off the flexibility of this new technology to policy needs. I, too, would rather see disadvantaged persons receive tax credits to be spent how they wish. It would be better if an elderly person used a tax credit to move to a nicer facility that required less transportation, than to give that person free gas (or a gas-tax exemption).<br /><br />We know that handicapped parking passes are greatly abused, BUT if handicapped persons received a state-or-federal parking tax-credit instead, there would be far less abuse. Such a credit would be funded by a state-or-federal tax on parking operations.Bern Grushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484717588261701565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-614300246796046332.post-43051027382979806212011-01-20T12:19:01.323-05:002011-01-20T12:19:01.323-05:00Bern you are quite right that if road pricing repl...Bern you are quite right that if road pricing replaces existing taxes, then there is really no issue.<br /><br />Disabled people don't tend to get exemptions from fuel taxes, vehicle licence fees and other taxes used to pay for roads.<br /><br />If those are reduced or eliminated, then the average status quo is maintained, so there is no issue of fairness. Indeed, for many of the example (e.g. elderly) they may pay less if they are not cross-subsidising highway capacity used at peak times, or if off peak charges are effectively lowered because of windfall revenue from congestion based charging at peak times.<br /><br />Transfers for social purposes tend to be far more efficient and effective if they are in the form of money, rather than targeting very specific parts of people's expenditure. <br /><br />Given that energy companies, telecommunications companies, supermarkets and the right are not all required to provide discounts, it is unclear why roads are special, particularly if the net effect is neutral.<br /><br />It may simply be better for the general tax system to acknowledge this by offering those in these situations significant tax credits which they may use to deal with any issue, from mobility to media to home assistance and the like.Libertyscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.com