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From: Dhu on Gate <campbell@neotext.ca>
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Subject: Re: Carbon Tax --> public transit
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 20:10:49 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:25:16 -0230, David Dalton wrote:

> On Mar 21, 2024, David Dalton wrote
> (in article<0001HW.2BACB51200010E34700000C6A38F@news.eternal-september.org>):
> 
>> Instead of the federal government giving back much of the Carbon
>> Tax in rebates, they should direct the money to improving public
>> transit nationally, including in rural areas.
>>
>> For example, in recent years there has been a loss of Greyhound
>> in Western Canada, and that contributes to the ongoing crisis
>> os missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, since
>> many of them resort to hitchhiking.
>>
>> On a local (Newfoundland) basis, several years ago there was
>> a loss of Fleetline bus, which used to operate on the coastal
>> Conception Bay Highway between St. John’s and Conception
>> Bay North, and which was a valuable service fo students
>> travelling home for the weekend and for seniors and others
>> going into the city for medical appointments or shopping.
>>
>> But of course there could also be an improvement in public
>> transit in urban (including small cities) and suburban areas.
>>
>> And I think the NDP would support the LIberals in such an
>> initiative, maybe even to the extent of forming a coalition
>> before the next election.
> 
> And indeed, the planned transition to electric vehicles
> is not practical; instead (or as well) there must be a
> rapid evolution of private cars to public transit.

Location, location, location, Dave.  Electrics only really
make any sense in dense urban environments, where they really
do rock ;-)

Dhu


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