tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post6725824739006811142..comments2024-03-28T17:34:21.418-07:00Comments on The South Fraser Blog: A plan for road pricing in Metro VancouverNathan Pachalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647693133663879821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post-57729588586018964142017-08-30T14:49:53.813-07:002017-08-30T14:49:53.813-07:00The key to the appeal of his proposal is the reven...The key to the appeal of his proposal is the revenue neutrality of it: reducing the other taxes in favour of road pricing to properly align incentives. The problem is that in practice it seems likely that the mayors would want a pricing scheme that generates revenue in addition to the other taxes intended to pay for the same thing. That will feel like - and in fact be - paying twice for the privilege of using the roads. Whether the mayors be smart enough (ie, not too greedy) to see that remains to be seen.MacBlackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454734098542621221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post-38021064354000131682017-06-06T16:52:43.888-07:002017-06-06T16:52:43.888-07:00I don't know if he evaluated other options. Th...I don't know if he evaluated other options. Those options weren't in the thesis.Nathan Pachalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17647693133663879821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post-8765206938386431422017-06-06T16:47:19.044-07:002017-06-06T16:47:19.044-07:00Did the research compare the benefits of complete ...Did the research compare the benefits of complete distance-based pricing to simpler alternatives to find an optimal effort-to-benefit policy option? In other words, could you get most of the benefit of distance-based pricing by simply tolling all the major water crossings including a higher toll at rush hour + congestion pricing downtown, and that way avoid the intrusiveness of measuring everyone's vehicle usage with GPS and the associated cost of setting that up?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03890153680000818227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post-4203757151685535032017-06-06T15:16:47.404-07:002017-06-06T15:16:47.404-07:00Here's a link to my slideshare presentation: h...Here's a link to my slideshare presentation: https://www.slideshare.net/soccerforgirlfriends/for-whom-the-road-tolls-a-look-at-full-user-pay-road-pricing<br />Lee Haberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640920174517030289noreply@blogger.com