Roads, sidewalks and transportation services. To begin, what do you think are the most important issues facing our city in 2011, страница 101

Roads, sidewalks & traffic - Financial Advice

services that encourage our citizens to make environmentally and socially responsible choices. We must support local, independent business and arts initiatives. 

415.  

Toll roads for non residents

416.  

This survey ignored many possible ways of funding services. User fees should be applied for those who take advantage of the roads and bridges. Toronto also does not receive a fair amount of tax income for the services that they supply. Spend less money maintain roads. Spend less money on police services. Organize with other mayors and create a voting bloc that holds greater influence on provincial and federal governments to cater to cities. Receiving a share of the HST or forcing the other levels of government to take on more responsibility would greatly reduce the costs to the city.  

417.  

there should be a toll for driving in the city core--this would both reduce congestion and increase revenues

418.  

1. If there isn't one already, then a tax of 1 or 2% on hotel rooms. / 2. Investigate the possibility of acquiring a casino. / 3. Toll roads for NON-Toronto residents.  There is already a database containing most of the license plates of Toronto residents, so these should be excluded.  Implement an electronic toll on highways and major eastwest / north/south surface routes those who use our City but do not fully contribute to it.  Every visitor uses the City's water, streets, police, fire, EMS, public health, etc. but pay nothing for them.

419.  

Vehicle registration tax (or something similar, it is a privilege to own a car), property tax, road tolls, make it easier to fire bad public sector employees

420.  

Try and improve the public private relationships. As an example, taxpayers spend vast amounts on road upgrading infrastructure , while private utilities cut and dig holes in the roadway, sometimes only days after major new  work is just completed. When repairs are complete. these private companies then patch the surface in the cheapest and fastest way possible. This leads to premature road surface failure, impossible difficult and dangerous surfaces to bicycle on and cost Toronto city millions of dollars in unnecessary premature renovations. Utility and construction companies must be held accountable for the unnecessary damage they cause. These private companies could easily be forced to purchase permits annually and post a bond to work on public roads. These private companies must be directly associated with the patch repairs they make so that in the event of premature failures the city would make necessary repairs and bill the private company that had failed to do the work properly.

421.  

Increase business taxes and introduce tolls to commuters from other municipalities / De amalgamize

422.  

This survey shows its bias in these questions.  Significantly increase property taxes to be at the same level as other cities in the GTA, while considering that some seniors can't afford an increase.  Road tolls should be used.  The Private Vehicle Tax should be reinstated, we cannot afford the loss of revenue.  User fees are not the answer as