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[–] Railing5132@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

eat it

They never do

a little bit

It's never a little, and we all bitch about inflation.

There's never a simple solution.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

They sometimes do, at least temporarily. But yes on the whole I agree. I can almost guarantee that it’s a net benefit, that the time saved by traffic reduction makes up for the additional cost in congestion charges