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Lik

WTF?!?!

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Richmond councillors warn of TransLink potential plan for Knight Street Bridge toll
Katharine Kitts | Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 10:42 am

RICHMOND (NEWS1130) - City councillors with the 'Richmond First' political party are warning people about TransLink's idea to potentially put a toll on the Knight Street Bridge.  If true, you might have to dig in a little deeper in the future for the commute to-and-from Richmond and points south, and 'Richmond First' is warning it could have a dramatic impact on commuters and businesses.

The Knight Street Bridge, connecting Richmond to Vancouver, is owned and maintained by TransLink and could be a likely target for future 'road pricing' plans.  Richmond city councillor Bill McNulty worries it could significantly change traffic patterns across the Lower Mainland.  "When you talk about road pricing, you're talking about adding a tax or a toll, and as a result we're very concerned that may be one way of raising money."

A recent Regional Transportation Commissioner report highlighted the need for $130 million per year from existing revenue sources to maintain current service levels.  TransLink's Ken Hardie says ideas are still in the discussion stage.  "The issue has actually been discussed for a number of months in terms of how we pay for the big expansion that we need in the transit system in the region.  The real key at this time is to look at the concept of road pricing and what it actually means, how it could work and where it might be applied."

While he understands the shortfall, McNulty says tolling drivers on existing infrastructure is not an acceptable option.

tiffiant

if this toll existed, people should protest on all the bridge which got tolled

eddie

28# daxtor


He is riding bike.

shutterbug

HK is not a good example for us. They have way higher population density.

peter236

Translink always asks for money.  They can't do anything to MAKE money.  Do they know how many people are taking transit without paying???  If they can collect that and really fine the offenders then  ...
shutterbug 發表於 2009-9-17 22:55

Then they need to build the turnstiles at the stations to prevent people from not paying. But it took them a long time. They went to places like the US and UK to inspect what the others are doing. Still they have nothing to show. All they need is to learn from Hong Kong.

mcs889

.................way too expensive...they just destory RICHMOND ...

yoursecret

"Build It and they will come" is Translink's way of running things ever since the Expo line. The problem with that is they will run a deficit for a number of years before the line gets enough riders to pay for itself. The smarter way is to create the ridership by using toll, fee, tax and zoning but that's politically suicdal for any public servant.

shutterbug

Translink always asks for money.  They can't do anything to MAKE money.  Do they know how many people are taking transit without paying???  If they can collect that and really fine the offenders then they will be a lot richer than they are now.

daxtor

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news 發表於 2009-9-17 16:42

Gregor Robertson supports the idea of putting a toll to any road and calls it "fair use".  Sure, let's see how many Vancouver people think the same way next time there is a election.  In the time people crying foul for things like HST, do you think publicly announcing the support for turning something free to a toll based bridge is a good idea politically?

news

Not sure how this has anything to do with what I said...

-Lik
Lik 發表於 2009-9-17 15:20

If Gregor Robertson is stupid enough to impose tolling on all 3 bridges between Vancouver and Richmond, he can almost certainly kiss his next term of mayorship goodbye.

-Lik

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