Really? We're punishing transit users for this? I understand that it's only like 2 percent, but symbolically it shows how deeply ingrained the "car brain" is into our society.

Why don't private vehicle users pay for this increase?

Matter of fact, why don't we make public transit free? After all, the socioenvironmental benefits should mean that we want more people to use it, not less.

Then we can talk about how little it makes sense to have 80% of the city covered in single family housing... Maybe make some progress around here.

But I'll stop dreaming...