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Originally Posted by DESS
My focus is on the issue that can be readily solved with current infrastructure and a net financial gain for Calgary. I think I've covered my bases. This system could be up in a year (were it not for red tape, lol). Building new roads and rail lines are unlikely to happen before I retire.
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You better cap all growth for the City then too by your logic.
If the City can't handle the traffic increase from outlying communities, then there is no chance they'll be able to handle the growth of the City itself.
Or if you are stuck in a traffic jam that is 100% home grown, will there be rainbows and butterflies everywhere?
What about people who commute further than Airdre etc? What about Fort Macleod or Crossfield or Vulcan or Starthmore? You better tax them too - but wait, how will you know they are coming into town strictly to come to work? What if they have a specialist appointment at the Foothills Hospital? Or are Hospitals yours too?
Where is the cutoff distance for your toll? Why would you toll daily commuters that spend money daily in the City and not toll people who are visiting or vacationing for 1 or only a handful of days? They are inserting less revenue into the City than the daily commuters are.
We better disperse Provincial and Federal funding by area then too. Because any money a non-Calgarian puts into Calgary somehow becomes yours and yours alone. Who is funding the Deerfoot Improvements? Who is funding the Ring Road? Who is funding the Crowchild improvements? Fack, who is funding the LRT expansion? You guessed it, the Proince and the Feds - who everyone pays taxes into. Give your head a shake and do some of your own damn research.