Why gas taxes need to be even higher
These days everybody is complaining about the high gas price, and I am starting to get sick of hearing the complaints.
Here’s what I think needs to be done: We need to significantly increase
the gas tax, and put all of that money into public transit. While the
higher gas tax should be a disincentive to drive your car, enhancing
public transit should motivate you to taking more public transit.
Especially in the GTA the TTC needs to be forced to offer combined tickets with other public transit systems, such as Go Transit. As a matter of fact, transit prices should be subsidized by the money that is taken in from higher gas tax.
Of course this also means that the provincial government really needs
to make sure that this is what the money ends up being used for. I am
still not quite sure why Go Transit
is currently starting to re-model the Bronte stop, where I normally got
on the train. It looks completely fine to me. Adding weekend service on
this part of the Lakeshore line should be a higher priority than
redecorating the interior of a station that has increased passenger
traffic due to the new housing in Oakville North.