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Many cities have local gas taxes that are used to subsidize public transport. In Quebec for example, there is a tax applied only in Montreal (where the public t
by mgbmtl 11y ago
Many cities have local gas taxes that are used to subsidize public transport. In Quebec for example, there is a tax applied only in Montreal (where the public transport system is almost usable, compared to other North American cities), so gas is always 5-10¢/L more expensive in the city. So people living in poorer rural areas aren't affected.
Other upside: a lot of gas stations have closed, converted to apartment/condo buildings, which helps to revitalize parts of the city.
Downside: I don't feel like the provincial government has been investing at all in public transport. On the contrary, they're investing in more unsustainable highways to make suburbans happy. 1960s nostalgia.
- vlehto 11y agoIn Finland they have envisioned somekind of transmitters to all cars that would signal if the car passes certain border close to Helsinki. This passing would cause 20 cent traffic payment to be billed from that driver. Costs of the system millions, goal is to bring down congestion. (As if people would want to sit in traffic.) You Canadians are freaking smart.
- executesorder66 11y agoIn South Africa our government built a system like that on most of the highways around Johannesburg. (One of our main cities) Everyone got pissed off, and refuse to pay, but still drive on the highway anyway. Result: still the same amount of traffic, and now the government is sitting with billions of Rands worth of new debt.