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Originally Posted by valo403
Are you seriously that dense?
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First off, there is no need to resort to personal insults because someone is playing devil's advocate.
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Originally Posted by valo403
Did anyone suggest that Calgary should be walled off from outside communities? Nope. What was suggested was tolls, a system that is used by thousands of cities around the world, the vast majority of which are in free countries.
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The concept of a toll is a simple one. Now tell me the simple way that you would implement it to ensure maximum compliance. A law with no practical enforcement method is essentially useless.
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Originally Posted by valo403
It's a very simple system, how you make the leap to checkpoints and people carrying papers is rather puzzling.
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You can't put a tollbooth on every road that leads into the city. Such a system would probably cost too much to implement and would seem draconian in measure.
Explain how these tolls would be implemented as it is impractical to put tollbooths (essentially a checkpoint at which those who would pay would enter and those who wouldn't would be denied entry) at the city limits due to the limited number of major thoroughfares in Calgary.
Bertuzzied originally said "I want a toll for people who live in Airdrie, Okotoks and Cochrane but work in Calgary too."
How do you distinguish between people visiting Calgary for pleasure instead of work? Do you charge tourists because they are also using the infrastructure and not paying for it?
How do you charge out of town workers? Is it a flat fee? Does it matter if someone works in the downtown core or a half of a kilometre inside the city limits? Do you charge per vehicle or per person? Without a camera checkpoint (photograph of license plate and/or sticker pass) or a tollbooth how is this accomplished?
Do you fine people without a sticker if they have an out of town residence listed on their vehicle registration when you find out they don't have the pass? What if those people are simply driving through Calgary and not stopping?
These are all questions that I doubt any member of City Council would want to address. Thus, this is why a toll on people who work in Calgary yet reside elsewhere will. never. happen.