Roads, sidewalks and transportation services. To begin, what do you think are the most important issues facing our city in 2011, страница 60

Roads, sidewalks & traffic - Financial Advice

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People who make over $100,000 a year on the city pay role should take a minimum 5% pay cut. /  Decrease Police funding /  / TOLL the DVP and the Gardner!

2.         

make more bike lanes more bike awareness grants and funding opportunities for artist more food stands

3.         

Road pricing! Also, Sales tax (an additional 1 percent on HST going to cities); vehicle registration tax, gas tax supplement, higher taxes on entertainment and hotels, keep the land transfer tax (and possibly increase it for second homes)   

4.         

Invest in the long term. Improve public transportation, pedestrian options, cycling paths to reduce gridlock and improve health. Driving a car is like having a giant

Roads, sidewalks & traffic - Financial Advice

wheelchair to move people. Intensifying area densities like Yonge and Sheppard have turned it into a ridiculous gridlock almost every day! 

5.       

The city should charge a car toll for car and truck commuters into the city. It would help pay for road maintenance. The city roads are in a terrible state.

6.       

Look at alternative funding streams. E.g.: Road Tolls, Tax Increment Financing. Stop being hung up on traditional methods of funding city services. Encourage private investment, but ALWAYS maintain a public presence in the operation of important city services. 

7.       

We have way too many services and should reduce the number of services we have.  The services that we keep should be managed closely and the cost should be reduced. /  / Completing this survey enraged me because it made me realize just how many useless services the city has and how much it costs me. /  / Finally, I would like to state that I use very few city services (roads, water, waste collection, police, fire and ambulance) yet I pay an incredible amount for them.  Toronto does not have a revenue problem, but rather a spending problem.

8.       

Road Tolls and User Fees / Carbon Taxation / Increased Business Taxes / 

9.       

The city should to look other innovative funding models rather than the very limited dichotomy of increased property taxes and user fees. Public Private Partnerships, modernized procurement, road pricing, targeted taxation policies should all be explored. The city should also look at best practices in other jurisdictions for inspiration. City delivered vs. privatization is also a false choice, there are a range of models and alternate service delivery methods available.

10.      

Gain significantly more revenue from parking.  Permits and on-street rates are both well below market value, and below those of many other cities.   Permits should be at LEAST $3 per day ($90 per month) and on-street rates in most areas of the City should not be less than $3 per hour, $5 in downtown.   This would raise at LEAST $20M per year, maybe much more.

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Reduce costs by outsourcing labour services wherever possible. Reduce grants and giveaways. Increase user fees for services which are not necessary and not used by everyone. Reduce, consolidate and eliminate unnecessary ABCs and services. Enter more triple P agreements. Make big developers widen roads and improve infrastructure as part of development permit.

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Drop the plowing of sidewalks in the winter.  It usually happens after everyone has already shovelled and all it does is tear up the grass.  We live in Alderwood and see all kinds of damage when walking in the neighbourhood.  Far to much salt is used as well.

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Drivers should pay user fees directly for the high cost of maintaining roads. There are a variety of options - vehicle registration tax, commercial parking space fee, road tolls. If the result is better roads and lower property taxes, drivers will be ok with it because they will understand that they are paying the real cost of what they use and are getting better quality roads. /  / Land transfer tax is more fair than property tax because it kicks in on the real value of the property, when you have money in hand,