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Originally Posted by YOWetal
Yes interesting if 3 days will be the tipping point. The parking tax idea has some of the benefits of a congestion charge and is a lot easier to implement. Woud $30 a day dissuade people ?
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Right now, if parking is $11.5/day or less, the cost of a bus pass and parking 3x per week are about equal. And nobody really looks at gas for short commutes (10-20 km) anyway. So they'll see it as a marginal cost increase for substantial quality of life gain. In the long run though, a lot of cheap parking downtown is disappearing as lots get redeveloped. So parking fees are going to be rising substantially over the coming years. I think $20/day will be quite normal for downtown commuter parking by the end of the decade. Lots of parking lots in the core are already charging over $200 for a monthly parking pass. Many of these places will be in the $250-300 range by the end of the decade. Those prices will draw back downtown bound riders to transit over time. But the next few years will be rough for OC Transpo.
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Originally Posted by rocketphish
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At this point? Screw it. Bring on the cuts and let's hope there's absolute chaos and people are stuck for hours in traffic. It's the only way this city will learn. The more people who drive, the more the traffic and the more expensive that parking gets. We could start seeing politicians actually losing elections over transit.
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Originally Posted by phil235
What do you mean?
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He genuinely believes that downtown businesses are massively sustained by suburban commuters. LOL.
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