I like the sticker idea - We should give out "resident cards" to anyone with a Calgary address, and that gets you ~$2.50 (or whatever the f*** a bus ticket costs) for a bus ticket.
People without the pass pay the true cost, say $6.00. This should work like our universities work, where all the Chinese kids get to pay the true cost as non-residents, where as Canadians get the subsidized tuition rate.
I hate that part of my significant property tax payment goes to subsidize the transit system I don't use, which is in turn used by a bunch of parasite communities that don't pay into the same pot I do. I have no problem paying for other Calgarians, as we all pay into the same pot, but those free loaders from DeWinton who use my train and pay 1/5th of what it costs to operate really grinds my gears!
*the above post is meant to be interpreted as slightly tongue-in-cheek, but can be considered my real feelings once I'm drunk.
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