Singapore would do better banning cars altogether.

We already do something like that: we allow around 1 million cars on the island (with around 6 million people living here). We auction off the rights to operate one of these 1 million cars for ten years at a time (you still need to buy your own car, of course).

Your proposal would be equivalent to dropping that number from 1 million to 0 million.

I think a reduction in the total number of cars is worth debating, but I don't think 0 is the optimal number.

Though I do wish Singapore would take inspiration from Japan, and eliminate street parking; and in general have the government exit the car storage business.

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throwaway473825 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Isn't it better to allow a few luxury cars that are taxed to oblivion? As long as there aren't too many cars, the city can be pleasant, and it's a nice source of revenue.

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Gigachad an hour ago | parent [-]

What I have heard of the situation is car infrastructure is disproportionally funded because it's used by the rich and influential. It's a drain on public resources when more is spent building huge highways everywhere that the average person can't afford to use.

	▲	zhivota an hour ago \| parent [-]
		While this is true, it's not as bad as somewhere like the US. Public transit gets a lot of funding there, I think they open something like 10 new MRT stations a year on average in recent years, and buses typically come every 2-8 minutes so you never have to wait long.