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Then demand Better public transportation. How do you think the Netherlands became the transportation paradise It is today?

Simple, large popular movements demanding it in the 70s. Before that their transportation was as car-centered as it is today in the US.

Agreed but not feasible overnight , and the time frame for this new tax is much closer to a sudden change than the required infrastructure overhaul.

Adding a new train line cost $2bn over budget and about 5 years longer than planned.