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* Most major cities have extremely thorough and developed mass transit systems, and city growth has meant that parking spaces are few and rarer. Most dioceses with major metropolitan areas have thus introduced laws requiring people to prove they have off-street parking for any car being bought; | * Most major cities have extremely thorough and developed mass transit systems, and city growth has meant that parking spaces are few and rarer. Most dioceses with major metropolitan areas have thus introduced laws requiring people to prove they have off-street parking for any car being bought; | ||
* Many areas in the Inquisition - including fairly large metropolitan areas like Lūlunimarta or Tariatindė - do not have roads linking them to the rest of the nation; | * Many areas in the Inquisition - including fairly large metropolitan areas like Lūlunimarta or Tariatindė - do not have roads linking them to the rest of the nation; | ||
* As a measure to fight pollution, ownership taxes are very high, particularly in the most urbanized dioceses. Fuel - while mostly being ethanol as a byproduct of sugarcane lavoration - is also more expensive than in most other countries. | * As a measure to fight pollution, ownership taxes are very high, particularly in the most urbanized dioceses. Fuel - while mostly being ethanol as a byproduct of sugarcane lavoration - is also more expensive than in most other countries; it should be noted, however, that about 45% of all private vehicles are electric-powered. | ||
Road vehicles are thus mostly trams, buses (and especially electric trolleybuses inside cities) and taxis for local transport; in most cities, bicycles, rickshaws, and cycle-rickshaws are the most common means of private transports - according to a 4E ᘔ9 <small>(129)</small> survey, there are four times as many bicycles than cars in the quaestorship of Līlasuṃghāṇa.<br/>
| Road vehicles are thus mostly trams, buses (and especially electric trolleybuses inside cities) and taxis for local transport; in most cities, bicycles, rickshaws, and cycle-rickshaws are the most common means of private transports - according to a 4E ᘔ9 <small>(129)</small> survey, there are four times as many bicycles than cars in the quaestorship of Līlasuṃghāṇa.<br/>
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