Comment 34994

By beancounter (registered) | Posted October 27, 2009 at 23:01:14

Given that transit fares are considered to be a user fee...

Now there's an interesting point. When it comes to user fees transit seems to be the favorite whipping boy. If transit fares go up, shouldn't other fees go up as well? What about the cost of parking, for instance?

Toronto has user fees for garbage collection, based on the sizes of containers picked up. Perhaps some modest fees for this essential service could be used to spread the "pain" of the recession a little more equitably. That way the most vulnerable people, those unable to afford cars or not able to drive, would not be the only ones to suffer.

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