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09-16-2009, 10:26 AM
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| TransLink wants to toll the Knight Street Bridge
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RICHMOND (NEWS1130) - City councillors in Richmond are warning people about TransLink's idea to potentially put a toll on the Knight Street Bridge. If true, you might have to dig in a little deeper in the future for the commute to and from Richmond and points south, and it could have a dramatic impact on commuters and businesses.
The Knight Street Bridge, connecting Richmond to Vancouver, is owned and maintained by TransLink and could be a likely target for future 'road pricing' plans. Richmond city councillor Bill McNulty worries it could significantly change traffic patterns across the Lower Mainland. "When you talk about road pricing, you're talking about adding a tax or a toll, and as a result we're very concerned that may be one way of raising money."
A recent report highlighted the need for $130 million per year from existing revenue sources to maintain current service levels. TransLink's Ken Hardie says ideas are still in the discussion stage. "The issue has actually been discussed for a number of months in terms of how we pay for the big expansion that we need in the transit system in the region. The real key at this time is to look at the concept of road pricing and what it actually means, how it could work and where it might be applied."
While he understands the shortfall, McNulty says tolling drivers on existing infrastructure is not an acceptable option.
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09-16-2009, 10:36 AM
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#2 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Id rather buy a boat or swim accross than give those bitches more $$$...
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09-16-2009, 10:40 AM
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should have kept the old fraser st. bridge... right 89blkcivic?  | |
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09-16-2009, 10:42 AM
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um, screw that.
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09-16-2009, 10:42 AM
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Fuck me. Don't drive and u gotta pay for shitty transit service. So choose to pay lots for a car and insurance and now gotta pay to leave your front door.
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09-16-2009, 10:47 AM
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Wow Middle finger to Richmond much?
That's an incredibly major artery for all of greater vancouver...
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09-16-2009, 10:52 AM
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they might as well toll my fucking drive way so i dun have to deal with that shit for the rest of the day
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09-16-2009, 10:55 AM
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i'll just go to oak st bridge or granville bridge
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09-16-2009, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by FatalCloud  i'll just go to oak st bridge or granville bridge | they'll try to find some ways to toll these bridges as well
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09-16-2009, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Drift_Monkey they'll try to find some ways to toll these bridges as well | how about flower bridge?
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09-16-2009, 11:26 AM
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#11 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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^ yeah lol flower bridge up their ass!!!!!
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09-16-2009, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by thumper should have kept the old fraser st. bridge... right 89blkcivic? | They would find a way of taxing that as well.
I'm glad they're talking about putting a toll on the Knight Street Bridge. More people pissed off is a good thing. Now we can all unite together and get rid of Translink.
It wouldn't be so bad if Translink was actually efficient. I don't think it is. All they do is collect more and more money and not find real solutions. I'm no expert, but it seems they're not doing a good job.
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09-16-2009, 11:37 AM
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Well, If they make something like the 407 in Toronto, I would understand a toll and I would willingly pay for that... but for knight bridge? yeah right
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09-16-2009, 11:42 AM
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Wow if they toll that.... prepare for the richmond shitstorm!
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09-16-2009, 11:47 AM
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#15 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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F THAT SHIT!
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09-16-2009, 11:47 AM
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#16 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by FatalCloud i'll just go to oak st bridge or granville bridge | Arthur Laing, you mean.
Great, that will just create MORE traffic on those two bridges.
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09-16-2009, 11:48 AM
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#17 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Well its bad enough that I stay the hell away from Richmond becuase of the bad drivers.. But if this goes through then I will never go into richmond again... Unless necessary.. But still ghey.
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09-16-2009, 11:52 AM
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09-16-2009, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Jsunu Wow if they toll that.... prepare for the richmond shitstorm! | Fried rice everywhere!!
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09-16-2009, 12:08 PM
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I'm happy to hear that a place other the surrey is getting tolled. now u know how we have been feeling
With the supposed toll that's going to happen on the new port mann
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09-16-2009, 12:12 PM
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#21 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by murd0c I'm happy to hear that a place other the surrey is getting tolled. now u know how we have been feeling
With the supposed toll that's going to happen on the new port mann | it's a $2.4 billion project to reconstruct, what do you expect.
none of the bridges connecting vancouver are new..why sould we get tolled?
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09-16-2009, 12:12 PM
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#22 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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translink sucks balls, death to translink.
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09-16-2009, 12:15 PM
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#23 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by murd0c I'm happy to hear that a place other the surrey is getting tolled. now u know how we have been feeling
With the supposed toll that's going to happen on the new port mann | but new bridges being tolled makes sense, Translink need to have the construction cost recouped. If I recall correctly, that's 3.3 billion?
but tolling a bridge long after the payoff period = fucked up
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09-16-2009, 12:16 PM
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are they FUCKING kidding me???
skytrain is a piece of shit, breaks down almost on a weekly basis, yet they wonna fucking charge me $100 dollars + a month. Aint saving shit in terms of monthly gas bill, the only thing i save is my fucking milleage. fucking joke
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09-16-2009, 12:17 PM
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