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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
I don't think it is just the cab companies. Late running transit costs more in the budget which means more taxes. Ditto with the train to the airport - you've seen the bruhaha with just getting the tunnel to allow the potential of a train.
Cabs only cost the people who use them.
Now if you can somehow come up with the numbers to the argument that:
a) late night transit = less impaired driving
b) less impaired driving = lower police/medical/insurance costs
and
c) less costs offset the tax increase
THEN you may get some buy in, but I would imagine any numbers you come up with would be given some pretty harsh scrutiny.
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I have no doubt it would face much scrutiny. I've lived coast to coast, and as much as like living in Calgary, it is also by far the most backwards thinking metropolitan area i've ever spent any time in. Hopefully Nenshi can chance that.