It’s a stupid study designed to answer the question “if we give money to just car owners or just rich people… will they be happy/comply”. One of the problems is it costs money to measure/police compliance for any conditional aid.

Another approach to discouraging undesirable behaviour is to tax it. Revenue instead of expense, including just funding such a pointless study. Parking fees/taxes where you don’t want people to go is pretty easy.

So incredibly stupid/wasteful. Just put a $3/gallon additional carbon tax on gasoline/diesel. use revenue to at least cut other taxes/rent reductions if property tax cuts, or give every resident a dividend cheque based on the carbon tax revenue. Car owners will adjust and traffic/smog improved, without just paying car owners with free money. FFS, there are cheaper than $600/mo cars I can use to scam for free money.