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Originally Posted by Bunk
Why should the 90% of transit riders that don't use park and ride subsidize the 10% that do? Parking lots cost money to maintain, who else should pay for them, besides primarily those who chose to use them? Surface is an exceedingly wasteful use of land, and is expensive - why should parking as a commodity be free?
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Why should people who only take the C-train pay the same fare as the person who takes a shuttle bus to the station as well? Those buses cost money to maintain, who else should pay for them, besides primarily those who chose to use them?
You could also go so far to say why should the guy taking the train from Somerset to Dalhousie pay the same fare as the guy going from 39th ave to City Hall?
The reason is Calgary transit has always operated under the principal that your fare is X not matter if it's train, bus, parking, or some combination of all of them. To make parkers have to pay goes against all of that.
Plus what makes I like least about this is the reason I take the train. Most of the time I take the train is after I've been standing waiting for the 6:35, then 6:45 then 6:50 express bus but none of them show up. At that point my only hope of making it downtown close to on time for work is to drive to Anderson and hop the train. This happens about once per month to me. Yeah, it's only $3 per month- but it's the principal there where I pay more because of a Calgary Transit screwup.