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- Newsgroups: bc.general
- Subject: Re: Transit Levy on BC-Hydro Bills
- Message-ID: <J0BDuB2w164w@ham.almanac.bc.ca>
- From: emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 21:40:06 PST
- References: <1992Nov16.192407.2266@cs.sfu.ca>
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- Organization: Robert Smits
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- jstrickl@cs.sfu.ca (James Strickland) writes:
-
- > In article <1e459oINN4av@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> buckland@ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland
- > [ 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)
- >
-
-
- Of course, though, you might find a problem when you got back to your
- car. When I lived in Surrey, there were regular reports of auto thefts
- and auto break-ins at the Scott Road parking lot. A whole bunch of cars
- with hardly anyone around, and the Skytrain for a get-away vehicle.
-
-
- Robert Smits Ladysmith B.C. emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca
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