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Originally Posted by bizaro86
So it sounds like they decided to put them in in 2011 but install took awhile (including because of issues).
According to this article https://www.google.com/amp/s/globaln...rking-out/amp/
A city councillor estimated half of the ~$40MM was from better collection, noting that the system more than paid for itself.
I think an estimate of $7MM underpayment with an actual of around $20MM suggests the estimates aren't very accurate, an issue I think is likely in Calgary as well. |
I think it's just hard to isolate causal links when so many variables change. I don't know that napkin math from a politician who may desire his own spin for whatever reason is particularly strong evidence. And the Vancouver context is simply very very different than here.
Also worth considering from that article:
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While revenue is up, the number of tickets being handed out to fare evaders has dropped dramatically. Just over 33,000 tickets last year to 23,000 this year, a decrease of 29 per cent.
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Again, we'd need a lot more details to factor if/how much revenue they lost from fines