Re: Road and Rail Funding (was Re: Bugger all express services on Hillside Trains)

[patrick_dunford@caverock.net.nz (Patrick Dunford)]

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Behold, on Tue, 29 Jun 1999 17:01:48 +1200 in
misc.transport.rail.australia-nz:<3778533C.4F22@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz>, David
McLoughlin (davemcl@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz) didst uttereth:

>Anthony Morton wrote:
>
>> snipped your discussion on public transport options, I concur
wholeheartedly. 
>
>>  As for funding
>> new roads with tolls, I agree in principle but I'd suggest that, if you're
>> in favour of road pricing, you'd achieve the same outcome more easily by
>> raising petrol prices.
>
>The problem with doing that is that is penalises essential road users
>and ordinary people making trips which can't easily be done by public
>transport.
>
>That is why I advocate fitting *all* vehicles with transponder
>technology similar to that to be used on the new Melbourne city link
>road/tunnel, and charging motorists a sliding scale of fees based on
>whether they pass through congested areas at peak times, whether they
>make a trip they could have used public transport for at peak times, and
>the like. The technology exists. 

It's too Orwellian for most people

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Patrick Dunford, Christchurch, NZ
http://patrick.dunford.com/ 
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