innsertnamehere
Superstar
Jane and weston is nowhere near a "superior" transit system. that is fine to take the car at that point right now.. But once the ECLRT opens I would suggest taking that.
my big worry with tolling part of the 401 will be that people will get too angry that it is "letting the rich get to work faster" tolling roads right now will do nothing but widen the income gap right now, as it would allow wealthier people to get to work faster but make poorer people who "can't" afford road tolls sit in traffic for much longer. I can't support road tolls for that reason I feel. We absolutely need to find a new way to bring income in for it, but it should be in an income neutral form. (I.E. 1-2% sales tax or even better, a form of dedicated income tax)
I wish it could be that only wealthly people even need to drive, and if that was the case I would support road tolls. but that is unfortunately not true and in many parts of the GTA you simply cannot survive without a car. I could quite easily see a toll on the DVP and Gardiner though, as cheap transit alternatives exist that would still allow people who could not afford the toll to move around quickly. You shouldn't toll something that doesn't have a viable alternative to it.
If anything, it should just be a single toll gate south of the 401 that you pass through. cheap to implement, and would catch the majority of DVP traffic. if people wanted to avoid it, they could just hop on the subway for $3.
my big worry with tolling part of the 401 will be that people will get too angry that it is "letting the rich get to work faster" tolling roads right now will do nothing but widen the income gap right now, as it would allow wealthier people to get to work faster but make poorer people who "can't" afford road tolls sit in traffic for much longer. I can't support road tolls for that reason I feel. We absolutely need to find a new way to bring income in for it, but it should be in an income neutral form. (I.E. 1-2% sales tax or even better, a form of dedicated income tax)
I wish it could be that only wealthly people even need to drive, and if that was the case I would support road tolls. but that is unfortunately not true and in many parts of the GTA you simply cannot survive without a car. I could quite easily see a toll on the DVP and Gardiner though, as cheap transit alternatives exist that would still allow people who could not afford the toll to move around quickly. You shouldn't toll something that doesn't have a viable alternative to it.
If anything, it should just be a single toll gate south of the 401 that you pass through. cheap to implement, and would catch the majority of DVP traffic. if people wanted to avoid it, they could just hop on the subway for $3.
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