Road design, transportation and walkability

[ijmorlan]

That being said, yes, the carbon tax should increase significantly (and simply be paid out per capita, with no special deals for anyone).

What do you mean by "simply paid out per capita?" Are you referring to the refunds (to individuals) of the collected carbon tax? Or something else?

(This discussion should maybe move over to urban planning ... )

Yes, I mean that the money collected is pooled and paid out to every citizen, the same amount to each (OK, possibly a smaller amount to children, held in trust by their parents).

No special deals for “these people live in a rural area so they ‘need’ more support” or whatever.

The money can be taxable — no reason not to collect half of it back from high income people — but as simple a program as possible, and the foundation of a future guaranteed income.