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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Well, as someone posting from a bus on his way to work... stop driving so much, then. I've said before, my cars are not fuel efficient so high gas prices negatively impact me more than most people in terms of cost of driving but I recognize that higher gas prices is one of the few ways to influence behavior and get people off the damn roads in their driver-only commute more often. These are the correct incentives, Fuzz is right.
Time to start a new political party- the higher taxes party. Gas will be $3 per litre and we'll have more LRT than Dallas. Also, 20% of all road space will be HOV and bus only. Yeah that's right, we're also the pro traffic party. Sell your damn SUV, jerks.
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Sure, maybe people drive too much, and that's a different discussion. This is a temporary aid for people to deal with inflation. Shelter, transport and food are the biggest components. The provincial government only has so many levers they can pull to help in those three areas, with fuel being the most obvious.
And as far as the "why doesn't everyone take transit", we know this. It's 12 minutes door-to-door for me to drive to work, or 45-60 minutes to take transit. Never mind the hassles and unsavory characters you get to deal with, it's just not worth it to me.