Comment 117183

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted March 23, 2016 at 11:30:50 in reply to Comment 117181

I own a car too and use it where it is the most appropriate option (especially for long trips or journeys, like to the YMCA in Flamborough or transporting gardening supplies where there really is no other option).

But I don't think that society should be subsidizing driving the way it does, especially compared to other modes.

I would be quite happy by and large with a market-driven solution to transportation: but motorists don't like paying tolls to private operators (like the 407) and they like free (subsidized) parking and free (taxpayer funded) roads.

Why does transit have a direct user fee, but driving on municipal roads (which are paid for by property taxes) does not? The goal is to reduce the subsidies for driving which is a very reasonable efficient economy goal. Other subsidies include mandating minimum parking and providing free parking as a "perk" (e.g. shopping malls where non-drivers subsidize the free parking of drivers) and, of course, all the taxpayer money going into road construction and maintenance.

The parking charges for employees at the hospitals are definitely not market-driven. There are huge waiting lists and if the pricing were market driven the costs would be raised until there were no waiting lists. Right now the costs for hospital and municipal parking are more expensive than similar private lots!

Comment edited by kevlahan on 2016-03-23 11:31:59

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