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- From: jstrickl@cs.sfu.ca (James Strickland)
- Subject: Re: Transit Levy on BC-Hydro Bills
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.192407.2266@cs.sfu.ca>
- Organization: CSS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <49y6TB2w164w@ham.almanac.bc.ca> <GDAY.92Nov13182210@ignatz.inde.bc.ca> <1e459oINN4av@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca>
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:24:07 GMT
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- In article <1e459oINN4av@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> buckland@ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland) writes:
- [ all sorts of rational, sensible stuff]
- > and have you priced parking - what there is of it - in downtown
- > Toronto lately?
-
- The last time I walked down King street I noticed that parking under
- the TD centre was $4 per half hour, daily maximum $17. (That, however,
- was a couple of years ago - it's probably even more expensive now).
-
-
- > Someone brought up an argument I've heard many times before, that
- > transit from far out takes too long. Then why not take the partial
- > step of driving to a park-and-ride, such as that at the Surrey
- > Skytrain station, and then riding the rest of the way?
-
- Right on. The first time I ever visited Vancouver, I was impressed
- to discover that the parking at the park&ride is free. If I were faced
- with having to get downtown from Surrey every day, I would certainly
- take advantage of the Scott station park&ride, since doing so would
- result in
- a) taking LESS time to get downtown
- b) having a great view of the mountains, etc from the SkyTrain
- c) spending about the same amount of money to get there
- (when you consider the cost of gasoline plus maintenance
- plus the added cost of insurance given that you drive
- farther to work every day)
- d) spending a whole lot less on parking (ie $0)
-
-