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Article #63981Re: Lions Gate Bridge upgrade?
From: Tony Buckland
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 21:40
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 21:40
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In article <1993Feb17.173004.29729@mikejag.wimsey.bc.ca> steve@mikejag.wimsey.bc.ca (Steve (PrettyBoy) Barclay) writes: >>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: |>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). |Tony, Tony, Tony, WAKE UP! ... Before this gets out of hand, let's all count the ">"s; it ain't me you're responding to.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106cdd,8c6c90b17c231e18 X-Google-Attributes: gid106cdd,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-02-18 13:40:01 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!decwrl!wupost!spool.mu.edu!torn!utcsri!cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!buckland From: buckland@ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland) Newsgroups: bc.general Subject: Re: Lions Gate Bridge upgrade? Date: 18 Feb 1993 21:40:01 GMT Organization: University Computing Services, UBC, Canada Lines: 19 Message-ID: <1m0vnhINN4ip@skeena.ucs.ubc.ca> References: <1993Feb12.200243.24990@ee.ubc.ca> <1993Feb12.212347.2538@sfu.ca> <1993Feb17.173004.29729@mikejag.wimsey.bc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: swiss.ucs.ubc.ca