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Originally Posted by benvui
I think the idea is reduce traffic congestion in the morning and evening by removing cars from the road. They are trying to shift people from a car dependency to public transit. If more people took the bus then we would need less parking downtown. If more land was available for development then we could have more businesses downtown. If we have more businesses downtown we attract more people to the city and we need more public transit and so on. It is a good idea, I'm not sure people are ready for the shift yet, but it is coming, whether people are ready or not. Is this the right way to do it, time will tell, but without more advertising and incentives it will be hard to convince people to give up their car.
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Excellent point! I forget which city in Europe the person was from, but their mayor had a philosophy that people have a right to drive, but they do not have a right to park. It would be great to see surface parking drastically reduced in downtown Moncton. I think that to make that happen, creating these sorts of transit options are a good first step. Trouble will be that people will not use park and ride options until they lack the place to park, or it becomes prohibitively expensive. Once they start cutting parking spots in the downtown and at various businesses, then people will start to use the bus or cycle more. Sadly, most of us take the course of least resistance, though, and for now- here- that means the car.
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