06-02-2010, 06:37 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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Good to hear that the fees are working.
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06-02-2010, 07:06 PM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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What's the thumbs down for? The reduction in crime due to increased funding is great news, is it not?
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06-02-2010, 07:13 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by flameswin
What's the thumbs down for?
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He's a criminal?
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06-02-2010, 07:39 PM
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 Posted the 6 millionth post! |
No one likes to pay $3 / day when it's much easier to pay nothing and have your car smashed, robbed and vandalized.
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06-02-2010, 08:06 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: California
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Did the reduction in crime save $3 times the number of people who have parked there. The average Vandelism / theft bill is probably 2K to 3k so with approxamately 500 cars per lot they need to stop a robbery every 2nd day in every lot. So with about 20 lots the number of incidents would need to drop by about 4000 per year.
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06-02-2010, 08:09 PM
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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Excellent news. Nice to see the anger is from the minority.
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06-02-2010, 08:19 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary
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I think this is awesome news.
I am curious how many fewer cars are parked in these lots since they are charging so much to park there?
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06-02-2010, 08:49 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy
I am curious how many fewer cars are parked in these lots since they are charging so much to park there?
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I would guess somewhere around 50% fewer cars parking there. 
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06-02-2010, 08:52 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by ken0042
I would guess somewhere around 50% fewer cars parking there. |
I think it's closer to 1 in every 2 cars.
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06-02-2010, 10:10 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Easter back on in Vancouver
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What a joke. The only security seen around LRT stations is when they are trying to give people who never paid- a ticket.
The reason for the reduction like many have already said is because the lots aren't full anymore.
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06-02-2010, 10:12 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ken0042
I would guess somewhere around 50% fewer cars parking there. |
Only if you're a pessimist. I figure it's closer to 50% as many.
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06-02-2010, 10:33 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kunkstyle
Only if you're a pessimist. I figure it's closer to 50% as many.
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What?
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06-02-2010, 10:34 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary
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I wonder if there stats factor in the vandalism around the Crowfoot station? Somebody keeps kicking in the new fence. They are doing it so much they have a new portable cam system setup and they are canvassing the area about spending thousands of dollars to change the fencing.
That is the short story of what is happening.
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06-02-2010, 10:43 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy
I wonder if there stats factor in the vandalism around the Crowfoot station? Somebody keeps kicking in the new fence. They are doing it so much they have a new portable cam system setup and they are canvassing the area about spending thousands of dollars to change the fencing.
That is the short story of what is happening.
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I saw a group of them booting in the fence a couple months back, they looked exactly as one would expect.
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06-02-2010, 10:45 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy
What?
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half full, half empty
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06-02-2010, 10:47 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kunkstyle
Only if you're a pessimist. I figure it's closer to 50% as many.
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I have it, from a good source, there is about half as many.
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06-03-2010, 08:32 AM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flameswin
What's the thumbs down for? The reduction in crime due to increased funding is great news, is it not?
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Hmmm, not sure. I bumped the old original thread when the $3 was introduced - I assume it came with it? I think a mod wiped out the old thread and setup the news link as well. (thanks btw!)
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06-03-2010, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by chemgear
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Sure, when the lots are half empty....
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06-03-2010, 08:37 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: In my office, at the Ministry of Awesome!
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I'm not sure where people are getting this lots are half empty thing.
I'm sure some of them may be (Brentwood perhaps), but Crowfoot is pretty much full by about 7:30 every morning.
Are the other lots really that empty?
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