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Report: Cities are Undermining Sustainable Mobility with Fees and Taxes
25 Jun 2024 | Abstracted from Streetsblog
"...researchers at Portland and Sonoma state universities - and, full disclosure, Lime, the scooter company - the average trip on a shared micromobility mode, such as a scooter, includes about $.70 per mile in fees and taxes levied by municipalities.
"Shared micromobility fee and tax rates are 'high relative to most other modes of travel, notably personal vehicle travel (23 times more per mile) and ride-hail trips (over five times more per mile),"
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