I don’t even know how to drive, can I get some cash as well? (I’m not even on the same hemisphere btw)
Where I currently live, they incentivize people by allowing them to “mothball” their vehicles at will so it stops costing you: if you don’t use it, you de-register it for use on public roads, it costs a few euros to do so, and that instantly freezes road tax and insurance payments. If you need to use it again, re-register it on the internet, and it’s instantly usable again.
It’s nice because you may want to be mostly car-free, but still retain a vehicle - or several - for special occasions. Me, I keep a minivan parked in the garage most of the year, and I use it a few times a year to move furniture or buy oversized items for my workshop of for the garden, and to drive my disabled wife somewhere if she needs to get there fast and can’t wait for an accessible cab.
We don’t get paid not to drive, but it pays not to drive here. I wonder if the LA incentive offsets the running costs of a keeping a vehicle insured and taxed.
I’ve never heard of any programs anywhere in the US like what you described. It sounds great and I wish that it was more common, but I also think that it would mainly work in places that have good public or other alternative transportation infrastructure.
Yes of course. This is done to promote public transportation. But this is Europe, and even out here deep in the sticks, I’m not far from a bus stop with a regular, reliable, clean and affordable bus service.
Very nice!
