Would you carpool to work if you were paid $2 per day to do it?
Seems like those in the DC Metro area are willing to try just about anything to reduce traffic congestion.
Regional transportation officials say they'll start paying people to carpool.
service run by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. It's
the latest effort to reduce congestion on key corridors
Basically, they'll buy the coffee if you'll ride with someone else.
While this may sound a little off the wall, if local governments here in North Carolina were serious about reducing congestion, they would try incentives such as this before building expensive, ineffective light rail. The Blue Line in Charlotte costs about $6.30 per rider to operate. Charlotte would be better off not running the trains and handing a fiver to every person to carpool.
But as we know, rail transit isn't about reducing congestion, it's about central planning.
Want to cut down on traffic congestion in DC?
Start by cutting the size and power of the federal gov’t.
I remember carpooling and was happy to pay someone to ride to work. Also, years ago employees who worked in Alamance County met at K-Mart to ride a bus to Chapel Hill – and paid to get there. Until government officials stop the handouts, NC and the USA will continue to go down the tube. They should be supporting and encouraging pride in accomplishing things on one’s own, rather than teaching people to hold their hand out a bit further.