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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
It's a bigger conversation about BNP as a whole, but I'd like to see them charge for parking at places JC and work out a heavily subsidized Roam Transit Pass for AB residents as an add-on (or forced inclusion) to annual park passes.
Starting in late May local transit (not incl. Canmore/LL/JC regional routes) will be free for Banff residents. I believe Canmore local is already free for everyone. The regional routes are good, but they haven't found a fare structure to facilitate occasional-moderate use (seems like you can buy a 10 pass for each route without any crossover).
It seems like Parks Canada is finally trialling paid-parking at Lake Louise-shore (but not yet Moraine Lake). They really got it backwards with free parking and charged shuttles (which now seem to require reservations?)
By all accounts the transit/shuttle services are great, but I think they're actually a bit too complicated/costly/inconvenient for day-trippers to bother with (especially with families). It wouldn't be hard to fix with a few simple changes to incentivize/disincentivize certain modes.
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Don’t get me started on the stupidity of having the scarce more desirable resource of parking being free and the much less convenient method costing money. There should be dynamic parking rates at LL and JC and Moraine where the price just continues to rise as there are fewer spaces available. Then use that money to subsidize transit in the park. Parking in peak times should start at $50 per car.
The shuttles need reservations because demand is high and they can’t keep up.