Take a look at the article CFACT’s Donna Jackson posted on Fox News explaining the benefits to America’s Black community of keeping cars affordable.
Donna reports that “EPA has proposed the repeal of new tailpipe standards that would have tacked on an agency-estimated $2,100 to the already-rising sticker prices for new gasoline-powered vehicles.”
As Donna explains:
“Affordable personal transportation is absolutely essential for those still climbing the economic ladder. Putting aside the near worship by some of public transit, the reality is that buses and trains can only take you to a subset of the job choices available if you can drive door to door. This is particularly true for those who live in relatively poor neighborhoods, far from the most promising employers in town. A vehicle also opens up opportunities in the gig economy. Not surprisingly, studies identify vehicle ownership as an important factor in reducing the racial wage gap.”
Public transit has its uses, but cars empower people in ways trains never can.
As CFACT has often joked to those seeking to limit or eliminate cars: “Imagine if there was some way to break the train free from its tracks. Imagine if instead of traveling where and when the government decides, you could travel wherever you wanted, whenever you wanted. Think of the efficiency! Think of the freedom! What would that be like?”
Donna Jackson makes a powerful point that Black Americans, and anyone looking to build their business or apply for a job, should not be constrained by some government bureaucrat’s notion of where and when they should travel.