Just a note about part of a Star article I posted earlier.
Miller is quoted as being against tolls:
Speaking to a pro-transit crowd, Miller said he's not in favour of tolls. The mayor took a lot of heat for floating the idea in 2003 but said he's had plenty of time to think about it since. "In London they have an extensive network of transit and it gives everybody a real choice. But that's not true in many parts of Toronto."I'm for extending a Right-of-Way Streetcar Network out into Scarborough, North York and Etobicoke as much as Miller is, but he's forgetting something huge.
Downtown, where most people in Toronto are pushing for a "toll" like London's Congestion Charge, has EXCELLENT transit. Put in a congestion charge like other world class cities (London and Stockholm have it, San Francisco and London are considering it) for the downtown area where everything is accessible by transit or walking.
Charge private automobiles entering the Bloor/Jarvis/Front/Spadina rectangle - have anyone driving in park outside and do a 10-minute walk to their destination or have them hop on the TTC - it's only a 5 minute walk MAXIMUM from the borders of the Bloor/Jarvis/Front/Spadina rectangle to a subway station.
What do you do with the money? Put it towards that ROW streetcar expansion in Scarborough, North York and Etobicoke.
It just makes sense.
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