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Originally Posted by pepper24
I am glad that instead of increasing the fees for all transit riders that they are doing the parking fees seperate. Why have the majority of the transit users that don't use the parking lots pay.
The parking lots cost money to upkeep and keep secure so let the parkers pay.
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I'm absolutely fine with this as well. Let the user pay for the service.
But if this is the case, then I want to see a dramatic change to how platform access is granted. There are far too many freeloaders using transit right now and it drives up the prices for the honest people who buy the monthly passes and pay their fares every time they use the c-train.
In successful transit systems, they make it very difficult to jump the turnstiles and get on for free. Fare avoidance is a HUGE problem in the city and there's no doubt in my mind installation of something like this would bump up the revenue by at least 20%.
I also want to see a significant drop in break-ins and car thefts from park n ride lots. If people are paying $3 for the increased maintenance costs and patrolling costs, there better be some effective patrolling.
For some reason though, I doubt the city is able to implement this and use the $10 million or so it generates annually effectively.