Regional and Intercity Bus\Rail Transportation

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Originally Posted by roger1818

But if we charge them the same rate as residents we are still subsidizing them with our taxes.

It's a whole lot better than giving them discounted transfers and discounted passes which some here are advocating for.

Originally Posted by roger1818

That’s why I’m against extending the confederation line to Tenth Line. Sure the construction costs are paid for but Ottawa taxpayers are on the hook for operation costs and the majority of users will be from Rockland.

I'm not a fan of that extension, but the operation costs of that extension are marginal at best. And there's still likely to be enough Orleans riders to pay those marginal costs.

But since we're building that station, the City of Ottawa should tell CRT to stop cluttering our roads with their buses and transfer there. At the same fare as everyone else who will be using the system.

Originally Posted by roger1818

Only if we let them transfer at the Rockland TransferTenth Line Station from the bus. We could do like the TTC and only permit transfers downtown stations.

The TTC does permit transfers elsewhere. But their rationale for discounted GO transfers when they eventually did it was that these transfers mostly don't impact TTC riders who largely exiting at Union in the morning and entering in the afternoon.

Personally, I'd like to see OC Transpo enforce a monopoly on transit inside the city, the way the TTC does in Toronto and force transfer at the border. But if that's politically unpalatable, any discounts should only be offered for downtown transfer where the likelihood of those transfers impacting any OC Transpo rider are minimal.