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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
The majority of transit users are coming from the suburbs. We're the ones paying for the entire system day in and day out.
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I respectfully disagree. More accurately, I think that alot of people in the inner city (and I'm talking north of heritage) would use the train if they weren't already packed by the time they leave fish creek.
Give the people that get on at Chinook a slight break on fare and tack it on to the fares of people getting on at somerset and I bet you'd see an increase of users in the inner city. Maybe not a significant and immediate increase, but things would change.
People in the far reaches would start to consider car pooling a bit more and people in the inner areas would be more inclined to use the train more.
The more I think about it, the more sense it makes to me. I'm not trying to punish users from the outer areas so much as I'm trying to even things out.
I find it funny that homeowners in the inner city pay more for everything, yet people in the outer areas get more. Taxes are way higher in the inner city and roads are smaller. The people that live on the south leg of Deerfoot (and that used to be me, so I'm not trashing it, just saying) enjoy a beautiful four lane freeway until Barlow, then three lanes until Anderson. Overpasses, spacious parking lots at the shopping centers, big yards, big rec areas, yet taxes are lower. And it's subsidized by inner city people that pay more in property taxes.
Now, don't get me wrong and think that I'm suggesting that property taxes are out of whack. Property taxes are based on property values, so they're right where they belong. I'm just saying that something like a graduated fare system on transit is a good way to correct what I see as something that is a bit unfair.