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[-] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Traffic lights are one of the biggest money sinks for municipalities, cities in general have the highest cost for traffic lights while rural areas its substantially lower.

City tax payers are essentially subsidizing rural and suburban comunters.

Worth a watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6qyyrTeI

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Worth a watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6qyyrTeI

Man, that mirrors a conversation I had with a city councillor. We are constantly in a budget deficit because you'd have tax residents to death in order to catch up to this wasted spending.

this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2025
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