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It barely fits in the bloody car park. So bad for pedestrians and the environment.

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[–] ephemeral_gibbon@aussie.zone 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, however with that it'd be more expensive to administer taxation on bicycles etc. Than what they'd bring in... So not really worth doing at all.

[–] TassieTosser@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Since the amount of damage caused by bikes to infrastructure would be small, the govt could just slap a tax for the cost to the purchase price of every bike. Not saying I'd agree with it but there are ways to make all road users pay their share.

[–] itsmikeyd@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Surely human powered transport should have tax breaks in order to encourage adoption by promoting affordability though.