@humantransit +9001%
I think people should be offered #FreePublicTransport if they have no driving license and/or no #car in their possession...
Personally, I'd make any subsidies basically antiproportional to MGW/Net Weight ratio, Capacity, Deadweight and price, to incentivize not #SuperUselessVehicles, but #PersonalLightVehicles.
- This should then get the highest subsidies for people choosing a bike or pedelec, followed by (cabin) scooters and like #SmallCars like #KeiCars, capping the subsidies at 3500kg MGW / 1500kg Dead Weight so that even edgecases like families with a lot of children are not completely empty-handed.
Ideally also #UsedVehicles are eligible as most people just can't afford a new one and incentivizing #Repairability, #UseLonger & #ReUse as well as #Upcyclibg over new production is more envoirmentally friendly.
Personally whilst I'd wish every village hat 24/7 15min cycle public transport access, I also acknowledge the unavoidable edgecases, which is why I propose #PersonalLightVehicles:
- Since energy needed for transporting is (in ideal cases!)
mass × speed ^ 2, and since we can all assume that a Vmax ≥ 130km/h is deemed the lower limit of what would be seen as acceptable to flow in traffic globally, keeping mass low & minimize drag aka. 'air resistance' in terms of design should be mandatory...
