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Old 01-05-2013, 03:42 PM   #219
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Originally Posted by Table 5 View Post
Now sure, Calgary is not NY. But we seem to have NY-level parking prices while providing a fraction of their public transportation network. And I know Calgary is slowly and surely working on these alternatives, but can you really justify those rates? Higher than San Francisco? Toronto? Boston? Come on now….
Considering that the CTrain is basically a commuter rail system focused on getting people from the suburbs into the core and vice versa, yes the City can justify those prices. Although Calgary does not have an expansive public transport and cycle network as NYC outside of the core, it also does not have a restrictive parking fee schedule in these areas forcing people to take substandard transit to and from these areas.
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