In some locations, giving away free cars could be cheaper than subsidizing transit — especially where bus passes are given to ‘the poor’, amounting to a 100% subsidy for transit.
(Please note: this is not an endorsement for the idea. Even if it cost no more than transit subsidies, it’s still a bad idea for reasons others here have stated.)
insanity
more incentive to be “poor”
more disincentive to not be “poor”
It might cost less than that stupid high-speed rail thing.
Still a ridiculously stupid idea, both