[sustran] Re: WorldTransport Forum Editorial: No FPT without SCR

[Dave Holladay]

Eric

There is no such thing as a free lunch - you pay to use a car so you pay 
to use public transport.

How you pay and what you pay might be the issue but I'm totally against 
Free as the concept

Public Transport might be underwritten by organisations who make massive 
savings on providing car parking - some London companies reckon on 
saving £9K per year for every employee who does not need a car park 
space on their HQ site in West London, typically many will be giving 
each car driving employee parking to the value of £2K-£3K per year, so 
why not switch the offer to include ALL employees rather that the select 
few who opt to bring in their own cars, and expect free parking.

Expand this to all parking - after all in the UK and for many other 
legislations the only commitment made by government is to provide roads 
for moving traffic, so ditch all provision for parking - provide roads 
ONLY for people moving around - on foot on bikes, on buses, in cars.

A move to equate all travel costs through a common tariff will also help 
so that the cost of parking - at all times - can be totalled up against 
the cost of using a public service system.  Parking on or off the street 
at home or at the destination will have a price which can then be 
measured against the price for taking a publicly available service.

Imagine if owning a car delivered the cost of paying for where it sits 
still at all the times it isn't moving.

Dave

On 12/12/12 15:13, eric britton wrote:
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> *This is a simple fact*! Free Public Transport (FPT) has no possible 
> justification whatsoever unless your governing officials are willing 
> to do something about adjusting the modal mix and bringi ng down car 
> ownership and use in the city strategically and as quickly as possible 
> SCR -- (Serious Car Reductions).
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> The tools for achieving these necessary adjustments in the modal split 
> are well known, experience-proven and widely used in cities of all 
> sizes in many parts of the world. There is no possible justification 
> that competent public authorities not be aware of these proven tools 
> and policies. They include most 
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