Many communities have noise ordinances

.... that are totally ineffectual against leaf blowers. They don't blow
at 2 AM , that's not the problem. They blow all day, from 8AM to 8PM.

If there is noise that
exceeds the community thresholds...

Balderdash on the "community". They exceed =my= standards. Why should
a bunch of noise loving fastidious lawn zealots ruin my quiet so that
they can have pristine green?

If
you circle in a Mooney at 1000 feet at 2 am, generating even more noise...

A Mooney at 1000 feet doesw not generate more noise than a leafblower.

...there is no penalty. And, the noise maker is completely anonymous.

Hardly. Radar tracks are all over the place. You can even get them
yourself on the internet. It's going to get even more pervasive.

Yes, every time you cross a NYC
bridge in a car, you are subsidizing the subways. [...]
But I was talking about direct federal subsidies by
transporation mode:

A subsidy is a subsidy.

And, I think some modes of
transportation should receive tax subsidies as they create a general
public good.

That's the first step.

GA should not fall into that category because the
subsidies are huge, it benefits an extremely small segment of society...

The size of the subsidy is irrelevant to whether it creates a public
good. GA creates a general public good.

...(unlike most forms of mass transit that virtually
everybody has used at some point, and some use regularly)

If everybody uses it, then there is no need to subsidize it. Let 'em
pay for their subway rides. Ten bucks a pop, so be it. Why not?

Jose
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