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Originally Posted by algernon
I like Phanuthier's example of the Bay area implementing tolls on people not living in the municipality that they work in. The "problem" with Calgary is geographic, IMO. We have nothing but land surrounding the City, whereas the Bay area has lots of water. There are only certain entrances available by bridge, which makes it easier to control.
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Well how about general parking stickers? For street parking and city transit, you need a Calgary parking sticker, and those stickers are cheap for Calgarians but expensive for non-residents. Non-residents can purchase parking stickers, but at a much greater cost. These parking stickers have the license plate and car make/model stated on it to prevent black market resales. By enforcing this, people that drive need to inevitably park. Unless they are going to private property where they can park on private property (i.e. a mall, restaurants etc) they make up the cost so as to not burden Calgary residents.