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Clarkey · 03-16-2009, 08:57 PM

Let's look at things the ludicrous things the city aldermen have been trying play social engineer on:

banning plastic water bottles (wtf?)
banning drive-thru's?
demonizing driving a car to take transit (c-train parking)
banning plastic bags

Are there not better, more productive things to focus on? I gaurantee there are at least 100 other better examples of cross-subsidization going on in the city. I don't even drive to the c-train station and this annoys the shart out of me. Most people are driving 5km max to park at the c-train. This is saving Calgary Transit lots of money. If anything these drivers are subsidizing the rest of the system. What are the operating costs associated with parking lots... paving them once every 20 years???

Why not charge the c-train prices based on a zonal system? This should have been the first initiative, long before parking fees. Why does the guy getting on at Sunnyside pay the same as the guy getting on at Dalhousie? Why does the guy getting on at Stampede station pay the same as the guy getting on at Somerset/Bridlewood? The 5-10,000 people that park each day is nothing.

Got damn myopic bullshart.

03-16-2009, 08:57 PM	#120
Clarkey Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Oct 2002 Exp:	Let's look at things the ludicrous things the city aldermen have been trying play social engineer on: banning plastic water bottles (wtf?) banning drive-thru's? demonizing driving a car to take transit (c-train parking) banning plastic bags Are there not better, more productive things to focus on? I gaurantee there are at least 100 other better examples of cross-subsidization going on in the city. I don't even drive to the c-train station and this annoys the shart out of me. Most people are driving 5km max to park at the c-train. This is saving Calgary Transit lots of money. If anything these drivers are subsidizing the rest of the system. What are the operating costs associated with parking lots... paving them once every 20 years??? Why not charge the c-train prices based on a zonal system? This should have been the first initiative, long before parking fees. Why does the guy getting on at Sunnyside pay the same as the guy getting on at Dalhousie? Why does the guy getting on at Stampede station pay the same as the guy getting on at Somerset/Bridlewood? The 5-10,000 people that park each day is nothing. Got damn myopic bullshart.