daniel_callahan@jlai.lu to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL that Los Angeles is expanding a program paying people not to drive. If you agree to keep you car parked at home for 5 weeks and explore other ways to get around, you can earn up to $600thesource.metro.netexternal-linkmessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1413arrow-down13
arrow-up1410arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Los Angeles is expanding a program paying people not to drive. If you agree to keep you car parked at home for 5 weeks and explore other ways to get around, you can earn up to $600thesource.metro.netdaniel_callahan@jlai.lu to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down3·2 days ago$600? That’s a joke.
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 days agoIf it gets people to try it, its good.
minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·2 days agoWho couldn’t use $600 right now?
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoThat’s not enough to replace the utility of a car for most people in LA.
minus-squareCaesium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agobecause it’s not ‘right now’. You either get $120 a week or the 600 after five weeks. Emergencies don’t just wait for you to have the money for them
minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·edit-22 days agoI wouldn’t kick $120 a week out of bed, that’s for sure. That’s literally my weekly grocery budget.
minus-squareNarrativeBear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoI don’t know with $120 a week that some good grocery shopping there.
$600? That’s a joke.
If it gets people to try it, its good.
Who couldn’t use $600 right now?
That’s not enough to replace the utility of a car for most people in LA.
For 5 weeks?
because it’s not ‘right now’. You either get $120 a week or the 600 after five weeks. Emergencies don’t just wait for you to have the money for them
I wouldn’t kick $120 a week out of bed, that’s for sure.
That’s literally my weekly grocery budget.
I don’t know with $120 a week that some good grocery shopping there.