Yeah, I just picked the most remote thing I could remember off the top of my head. Should've gone with Tofino or Sechelt.
Point is, don't expect a European-scale anything above the 40th parallel: too much land + too few people = no mass transit = cars.
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Originally Posted by chowhou
Roads and highways are also hard to charge pay-for-use, but the gas tax is supposed to be a form of taxation in that way. We used to have tolls on certain bridges to pay for their use, but a certain government got rid of them unfortunately.
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That said, roads are
also heavily subsidized. Nobody should see $8 fares unless gas is also ~$10/litre.