“Cars can be convenient, but they are also incredibly costly, both to owners and society in general. New research has calculated that the lifetime cost of a SMALL car—such as an Opel Corsa—is about $689,000, of which society pays $275,000.” — @carltonreid in Forbes.

And the real cost to all of us is a lot more than that.

#cities #urbanism #cars

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2022/02/04/lifetime-cost-of-small-car-689000-society-subsidises-this-ownership-with-275000/