Anyone interested in co-owning home programs? Seriously... save on food, hydro, cable, internet, phone, transportation, repairs, chores, and so on--it's endless. Divorcees, widows and widowers don't have to be isolated. Creating a cooperative family, or sense of belonging increases longevity. I've spoken to expert, from Toronto, who explains co-ownership agreements can be made right down to dividing house work. Continued...
I'm going to try a thing. There are two related phenomena regarding #cars and #PublicTransport that I basically never see discussed. I wrote an article about these two things which includes two very clear definitions. I want to see if I can get some reach to disseminate these two things like a mind virus.
Boost if you like. Or don't. I'm not your boss.
The premise: when you own a #car, it is cheaper to drive the car. But: we want to get people out of their cars, even while they still own cars.
The definitions:
Sunk cost discount: for as long as you own a car, it is cheaper relative to public transport to use that car for individual journeys, even though you would save money if you got rid of the car and exclusively used public transport.
Trip cost scaling problem: for each additional passenger taking a journey together, the cost per passenger becomes lower when travelling by car, but higher when travelling by public transport.
@enobacon Good point. Through that lens, any money spent on improving the safety of a road for other road users (incl. separated bike lanes) can be viewed as a #subsidy to cars. This is what people mean when they say '#bike lanes are car #infrastructure'.
The only reason these safety features are needed is because cars need to be accommodated in that space, and cars are murder machines.
(Of course, the features aren't strictly 'needed' if you're sufficiently much of a sadist, but I think the point stands.)
This is incidentally why I'm a little critical of the praise the #Netherlands receive for their bike infrastructure. It's better in so much as it's doing the bare minimum to accommodate other modes of transportation alongside cars. But the Netherlands are still a car paradise all the same.
PARLIAMENTARY PETITION- Mike Morrice Green Party of Canada
"We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to immediately end all fossil fuel subsidies..." #gpc#canada#fossilfuels#subsidy#ClimateDiary
SIGN the PETITION if you're a Canadian citizen or forward it to any Canadians that you know. This is the link:
Think public transport is over-subsidised? Think again!
If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20