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[–] Soulg@ani.social 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or just can't afford to buy a new vehicle, ironically enough. I would love little more than to get rid of my car for an EV right now but I was barely staying afloat before gas prices started to surge, now it's just even more precarious.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I guess you could put it like this:

How do we improve traffic?

Raise gas prices, dramatically.

[–] Soulg@ani.social 12 points 1 week ago

Anybody who cannot just stop driving will tell you the many many ways why that's a terrible idea without like 15 other things done first