Roads, sidewalks and transportation services. To begin, what do you think are the most important issues facing our city in 2011, страница 73

Roads, sidewalks & traffic - Financial Advice

could deter pollution, traffic congestion and sprawl / Look for ways of taxing by income or getting a slice of the income taxes / Fight for secure funding from both federal and provincial governments / Fight for a stronger voice in federal politics 

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I think the city should implement road tolls. Many people commute into the city and make use of our services. It is unfair to property  owners to have to pay for their use. A small road toll would bring a lot of money to city coffers and would not be a great hardship. If road toll money was used just for roads, the existing road budget could be used elsewhere.

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Tolls on roads into Toronto proper, increased sales tax, higher income tax

130.  

I hate to say it, but corporate sponsorship could make sense, if done in a respectful way.  I don't want to go to the Microsoft Park, or use the Doritos bike path, but engaging corporations to SPONSOR (not advertise) city services, maybe with a short 'sponsored by ...' message, would be ok.  NO LOGOS!!!  Definitely no logos. /  / Get creative with city properties.  Don't sell them off.  Trying renting them with a good management team.  If private organizations can make money with renting/leases, then why can't the city? /  / Road/car user fees.  The vehicle tax made sense.  If this can't be done for all cars, how about going after the people who do the most damage to the roads (leading to maintenance costs) - i.e. trucks, business vehicles, etc... /  / 

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I'd support usage fees on autos on downtown city streets and arterial roads, such as London England has done, and is done on the 407 highway. Also, I'd suggest selling city street 'parking passes', in addition to the green kiosk tickets - pay $80 a month, and park on any city street during allowed hours.

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Toll roads! Toll roads! Toll roads!

133.  

Vehicle registration tax /  / More Toll roads

134.  

Reduce the Mayor's and Councillors' salaries.   Reduce red tape involved in traffic courts.   

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1. Increase public consultation, working particularly closely with community organizations that are already integrated with local populations to make this consultative process more meaningful.  / 2. Stop conceiving choices related to public service as an "either-or": there are more options than "increasing user fees" OR "increasing property taxes." For example, implement proportionate taxation based on the size or scale of a business (bigger companies are taxed more heavily for doing business in Toronto), increase user fees for infrastructure-intensive resources (tolls on major arteries entering the city), foster the involvement of more community groups in lobbying provincial and federal governments for more funding allocation, foster the involvement of community groups in conceiving of local alternatives to more fees or more taxes. / 3. Increase campaigns to prevent costs to services that are based on public consumption; e.g. increase education on organic composting, reducing waste rather than recycling, taxing businesses that fail to adopt environmentally-sound packaging. / 4. In the cases where outsourcing or privatization makes sense, prioritize businesses from the communities themselves when awarding contracts, and implement a clear, accountable, public-review system