Oh agree this will not decrease the number of people taking the train and the City knows it. My problem is how the City is spending this money and the fact that most people in homes that they own are going to be paying 9% more tax next year already. This value is pretty much over $100 as it is. Plus those of us that want to take public transportation are going to be paying an additional $900 for the year. Some people could be looking at paying $1100 more dollars next year compared to this. I hate to break it to you that is a lot of money. We are not talking $3 we are talking the average person that parks at a park and ride and takes the train is going to be seeing on average a $1000 increase in spending next year compared to this. Factor in the very reasonable raise of 5% to an average wage of 50,000 a year. This is an 2,631 dollar raise Gross. Take off the 30% tax they are looking at a 1,841.70 increase in net wage. Some people will be paying out on average 1000 more than this year so that leaves 841.70 dollars more a year Net. This is $70 bucks a month raise once you factor in what the City of Calgary is going to be charging you next year. Most people don't even see a 5% increase in Gross Wage and some see more, but it is almost not a raise once you factor in that the average cost of living in a year is going to be ~$1000.
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