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Originally Posted by mykalberta
There seems to be an overwhelming sentiment in this thread by some that I should feel sorry for someone who lives in Cochrane, Airdrie, Okotoks, and all the other communities surrounding Calgary.
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I understand your views, but the way I see this is Calgary Transit won't be going to these outlying communities for free- I'm sure the respective towns will have to pay their share of costs. Back before the ~12 cities and towns around Winnipeg joined together in the 70's they all used Winnipeg transit, and my city (City of St. James) used to pay the city of Winnipeg for transit use.
In my mind this is step 1 in getting these communities to start paying for their share of Calgary's infastructure; without having to do something that can be perceived as so cold or a cash grab like toll roads.