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Originally Posted by J.OT13
Wonder if the City of Ottawa could implement a toll on the 174 after Trim, forcing residents from outside Ottawa to choose between paying to take transit or using the highway. In that scenario, we would need to charge of the park-and-ride as well.
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Personally, I hate tolls and wouldn't want to see a toll highway in the Ottawa area. Toll booths and verification can cause avoidable slow downs (though those have been significantly reduced through technology). It would also create a toll for someone in Eastern parts of Ottawa (e.g. Cumberland Village) going along the 174 to work or shop once they reach Trim road. (Theoretically, we could always exempt them from that toll by making tracking technology always give them free rides.)
Instead I think the uploading is preferred because it recognizes use of the asset by those outside of Ottawa and then takes it out of Ottawa's primary financial and maintenance responsibility. Since commuting from outside the city is a trend only likely to rise further if the cost of real estate keeps growing and intensification targets make new larger single family homes fairly rare here, the argument for "solving" the issue keeps getting stronger.
Your point is very valid that this could be a way to incentivize the behaviour we are looking for though. In part, the overall traffic situation could help discourage drivers instead.
Another way to reduce traffic would be for Clarence Rockland, OC Transpo or some other transit provider, to have regular bus routes leading from the communities just East of Ottawa to Trik station to access the train. Since I don't think OC Transpo even offers a route from Cumberland outside of rush hour, I don't think they would be likely to serve Clarence-Rockland though.
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