Comment 15656

By joejoe (anonymous) | Posted December 13, 2007 at 13:32:35

I think some of us are trying to make this issue more difficult than it is. The basic questions are:

a. - do we want to encourage more transit use? and
b. - do we want to discourage road use?

For me, the answer to a. is yes because I can see the environmental benefits and the benefits to the low income earners among us (who won't have to buy a car). The answer to b. is yes because cars are bad for the environment and they tend to kill a lot of us.

So then, all I have to ask is how do I do this? Free transit, better transit, more road charges... a suitable set of incentives and penalties are all we need.

If you disagree with transit incentives and road penalties then you did not answer 'yes' to a. and b. Simple as that.

It's not about what's fair, it's about what behaviours we want to encourage and discourage. If you don't want to encourage transit use and discourage car use then the sustainable development arguments have not worked for you. That's fine. Keep reading, keep discussing, maybe you will change your mind. But let's not make this any more complicated than it is.

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