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Originally Posted by Rathji
If the public service needs additional funding from a specific portion of its users to fund a service that only they use, then you need to charge for that service accordingly. You can't charge the same rate a private company does in an attempt to make a profit but you need to charge enough to make administering the fee worthwhile.
This is no different than a swimming pool charging to rent water wings for your kid. Sure they are a public service, but they also need to charge enough to cover their costs and prevent abuse.
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Right, but if that charge begins to cut the number of users than you can clearly see that the fees are too high.
Plus, lets not kid ourselves here, people pay for transit to begin with. They are not getting a free ride at all. The cost of providing parking didn't suddenly enter the picture, and the cost of transit didn't double just before this new charge was implemented at all.
Bottom line to me is that we should encourage more use of transit. This charge does the exact opposite of that.