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In article <1993Feb12.200243.24990@ee.ubc.ca> edc@ee.ubc.ca (Ed Casas) writes:
>In <1lgqpiINNn8r@skeena.ucs.ubc.ca> buckland@ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland) writes:
>
>> ... nobody seems to be thinking about the effect that
>> collecting these tolls would have.  The North Shore approaches,
>> the only place tolls could be collected and the site of the old
>> plaza, are totally filled with merging traffic at today's
>> volumes.  There would be a massive job to do constructing a
>> new plaza and, more important, massive dislocation of rush hour
>> traffic.  ...
>
>There are new-fangled schemes for collecting tolls that don't
>require that cars slow/stop at toll booths.  They usually involve
>reading a gizmo on the car by radio.  People who use the bridge
>regularly (the large majority) put said gizmos on their cars
>while out-of-towners and people-scared-of-radiation queue up for
>the old-fashioned quarter-collectors.
>

One question that no one has yet asked.  How will having tolls on the 
Lions Gate and not the Second Narrows Bridge affect the traffic on
the latter?

Secondly, why not put tolls on all the main arterial routes into
the city?

Thirdly, shouldn't the tolls be equal to the cost of public transportation,
that is either at the 2 zone or 3 zone rate?  The additional funds collected
could be used to upgrade the public transit system.  The net effect would
be to ease the traffic situation, reduce pollution, and provide considerable
employment thereby enhancing the quality of life for all citiizens 
of the lower mainland (including those who would continue to use their
vehicles to get to work or school).

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