Thoughts about the relationships between transport and the urban area it serves
Of course. Only in Canada do we pay tax on tax. Only in Canada does tax supported transit have to give some of that support back in fuel tax.
BC wants to reduce ghg emissions? Get people out of cars and get them on the bus. That’s hard enough but hobbling them with taxes is plain stupid. But then stupid is as stupid does. Like taking tax from transit riders and using it to build more freeways!
I am a recusant transportation economist and regional planner, displaced from England by the abolition of the Greater London Council and a dislike of Thatcherism. Until March of 2004 I worked for the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority on wide variety of policy issues. None of these have been solved since I left, and the region now seems to be likely to abandon its long established growth strategy altogether, as the province is determined to expand its major freeway. I have long advocated more sensible policies to better integrate transport and land use. And this blog is a way to keep up the pressure! It also allows me to vent a bit on related issues.
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I don’t see a problem with it. It will make it more cost-effective to buy electric trolley and hybrid buses.
Sungsu
February 21, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Dosn’t bother me. I wonder if any of the critics have looked to European examples of a carbon tax and the effectiveness of it there?
Jeff
February 24, 2008 at 9:17 pm