Comments on: Transport subsidy – an idea worth exploring https://twentythirdfloor.co.za/2011/07/05/transport-subsidy-an-idea-worth-exploring/ Perspectives Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:35:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Driving Blind – Fuel Levy vs Tolls | Twenty Third Floor https://twentythirdfloor.co.za/2011/07/05/transport-subsidy-an-idea-worth-exploring/comment-page-1/#comment-16639 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:35:24 +0000 http://twentythirdfloor.co.za/?p=1210#comment-16639 […] However, any policy at all in our country that doesn’t keep structural unemployment in mind is flawed. A driver of structural unemployment are the high costs of transport, particularly for low-income workers and the currently unemployed. Along with all this “matching” of revenue collection and incurring road use expenses for the country, we also need to consider adjustments to promote (and as a starting point, not deter) employment.  A transport subsidy may be the right answer. […]

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