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Originally Posted by Rathji

But there are user fees for many of those services, on top of the tax costs to the public. How much is it for a kid in High School per year? How about for a trip to the clinic for some services? If I go to a City pool or golf course, I need to pay a user fee. That fee doesn't get charged to my neighbour, or the guy in Okotoks, does it?

Why should high demand parking be any different?

No one is claiming a person from Okotoks (for example) should pay more than the normal transit fee, even though CT operating costs are subsidized by Calgarian's taxes. We are just saying that the convenience of driving to a CTrain station and parking for a day in a high demand spot over taking a (sometimes crappy) feeder bus from your neighbour to that same station should cost extra money.

That fee is equal for all people, city residents or not, who choose to have that extra convenience.

Not what I read in this thread. Perhaps you should be addressing what you just said to Ducay, who said

Its times like this when I'm glad you don't live within the city limits. Even after they get rid of the $3 fees, I hope they implement some sort of extra charge for people from Okotoks, Airdrie, Cochrane, De Winton, to use our C-train.