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"Massachusetts’ car economy is roughly $64.1 billion, with more than half of that coming from public funds..."

Study: Driving is more expensive than you think

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[–] Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Using publicly available data, the authors put the annual public tab at $35.7 billion, which amounts to about $14,000 for every household in the state. Those that do own vehicles pony up an additional $12,000 on average in direct costs.

Holy guacamole.

Imagine how many frickin grassy trams we could have with that amount of money.

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Hey there is a reason why ain't got money for public transit infrastructure... Now we know.