Typical Americans now spend 8 hours per week in their cars. Busy streets divide a neighborhood and discourage the interaction of people who may live as close as one block apart. Motor vehicles generate about 1.5 million tons of air pollution annually just in WA state. Transportation spending overwhelmingly favors autos and highways over alternatives. Reduce driving subsidies.
Drivers pay only a small part of what their driving costs the public.
These subsidies encourage excess driving. We must reduce subsidies and make the cost of driving closer to its true cost. Establish land use patterns that support alternatives. Current policies encourage sprawling, low-density developments that separate housing, workplaces, and commercial districts. These patterns force people to drive.