• thehatfox@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    It will take a good balance of carrot and stick to get people out of their cars. I think a lot of the pushback is coming from those who still feel public transport in inferior for their needs. We need to keep improving our buses and trains as well as discouraging car usage. The ongoing strikes probably aren’t helping the image of public transit either.

    Also for all the talk of opposition to ULEZ Labour still achieved a big swing. There’s plenty of people who don’t oppose it (or not that strongly).

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      1 year ago

      I think a lot just feel it is their right to use a car and being told not to is a threat to that autonomy so unfortunately they are stuck in this knee jerk reaction that they probably don’t even really understand. And then there are others, like my housemate, who are very interested in cars as a hobby and feel threatened due to having that taken away from them.

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      1 year ago

      I mean, for context - almnost any petrol car registered after 2006 is going to be compliant. Any diesel after 2015