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Originally Posted by Slava
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.
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This doesn't actually help with any of those things, really. I mean it might feel like it takes the edge off for people when they fill up but the actual impact of it... I'm skeptical.
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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.
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Right, I thought I was clear: one of the policy planks of my new political party is to close enough roads to passenger vehicles so that it takes 45-60 minutes door to door for you to drive to work. There, I fixed it!
And yeah, I know. It's obviously a bit of a tragedy of the commons thing, if everyone took transit, it would take virtually time to get anywhere either by car OR by bus. But I always think the best solution is more transit, and a hybrid system that involves a whole lot of park and ride... a train line that passes through every major area and buses to those hubs with massive amounts of subsidized parking to leave your car for the day, along with a strong security presence so it's not an all-you-can-eat catalytic converter buffet.
... Actually, better make gas $4/l to cover all of this.