Transportation policies prioritizing private vehicle use leave the poor and people of color behind.
show even more striking disparities in vehicle ownership by household income, with only 61 percent of households in the lowest income quintile owning a vehicle, compared to 90 percent of households in the highest income quintile.
A transportation system that assumes universal private vehicle ownership denies basic mobility to two out of five of the poorest one-fifth of U.S. families.But what about households that do own vehicles? Costs such as gasoline, vehicle insurance, and maintenance and repairs add up to afor lower-income families. For the poorest 10 percent of U.S. households, the share of after-tax income going to vehicle costs is 7.5 times as large as the share spent on vehicle costs by the richest 10 percent.
A transportation system where people have to rely on their own vehicles doesn’t merely exclude those who don’t own vehicles – it imposes a severe financial burden on poorer households thatU.S. transportation policies privileging roadways and personal vehicles over all other modes of travel have not served the economic and transportation needs of all. They are a public subsidy for disproportionately white, wealthier households, at the expense of the rest of the population.Transforming U.S.
Unsurprisingly, that’s partly attributable to industry lobbying pressure, backed by campaign money. For the oil and gas industry in particular, highway-centric transportation is a gift that keeps on giving, because it provides a captive market for their product. Lack of other dependable transportation options compels people to drive everywhere, boosting sales of gasoline and diesel.bragging to undercover investigative journalistsBut we know this more definitively as well.
. The industry’s campaign contributions to Manchin are nearly four times their contributions to the next highest recipient.
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