n2burns

Thanks for the links. As I read it, none of that is saying their ratio is below 1:1, just that they switch between vehicles as needed.

And the "what their operators do" link sounds like they are the equivalent of a driving instructor sitting in the passenger seat, giving instructions but not "directly controlling" the vehicle.

I haven't heard about Waymo being below 1:1. Do you have a source? I'd love to read it.

That's the whole point of this post: When? 'Cause it's not happening now.

AVs don't have a driver, instead they have 1.5 operations staff per vehicle.

It's not happening.

Those are two very different things, which I think you're failing to see. At least where I am in Canada, donating to charity doesn't eliminate the tax on that income but only reduces it. Retirement contributions are deducted now but will be taxed when they're withdrawn. This encourages people to support themselves in retirement instead of being seniors on welfare.

The big difference is tax havens are generally encouraging people to move their wealth after earning it elsewhere. The only benefit they gain is increasing their tax base by undercutting other jurisdictions.

Charity & Retirement contributions are assumed to be on income earned in the jurisdiction and encourage good behaviour. Some other tax mechanisms (like preferring dividend income over employment income) are harder to defend but are still trying to an encourage behaviour (like investment of wealth to grow the economy instead of simply hording it/spending it frivolously). While there might be cons to these mechanisms, both the pros and the cons stay within the jurisdiction. Tax havens internalize the benefits while externalizing the harms.

Governments allow tax deductions or credits for activities they want to encourage, like the ones you listed. Using those is not tax avoidance at all. In this case, he's changing jurisdictions to avoid taxes, a completely different situation.

Yup, it's tax avoidance, not tax evasion. It's morally wrong especially because he has the power to influence the system, but it's not legally wrong.

CityNerd's maps tend to be much prettier than this (not trying to throw shade, I would literally do much worse than this) and lately, he's just be using this instead of making his own.

It's even better when it's done in a different colour. Then it makes it really clear that the freeway is wider than the 3 parking that abut it on the left.

I didn't mean whole empty parking lots, I meant space that never get used. At most big-box/large grocery stores, I'd say probably 1/4 of the spots never get used. Another good percentage of them only get used on holidays/sale days.

I had a longer comment, but I realize I don't need to explain these things to you, you're already very well versed!

I figured, I was looking for the model number so we could see specs, age, etc.

A little column A, a little column B. Mostly, we can have gentle changes to our cities, like removing Single-Family Home and other exclusionary zoning, removing mandatory parking minimums, as well other initiatives to encourage higher density, mixed-use buildings, and active transportation usage.