tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post4606276741819480620..comments2024-02-28T11:29:36.860-05:00Comments on just up the pike: six-dollar metro fares?Dan Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-43947431055431956022006-12-16T04:38:00.000-05:002006-12-16T04:38:00.000-05:00The Darnestowner said...
Metro's inability to sec...The Darnestowner said... <br />Metro's inability to secure dedicated funding has crippled its ability to operate efficiently and cheaply.<br /><br />I remember having read somewhere once that each fare increase is met with a corresponding 3% (approximately) drop in ridership. That 3%, most likely, will get back in their cars and further exacerbate the horrendous traffic in the region.<br /><br />If the Council of Governments and Metro were smart, IMO, they'd push for added gasoline taxes in Northern VA, DC and MD as a means for securing additional operating revenues for Metro, and to help encourage usage of all forms of mass transit. Ike Legget has already proffered such an idea.<br /><br />Sadly, the car driving public can't understand that such a tax might actually benefit them, so the scream bloody murder and the cycle continues unabated.... <br /><br />12/15/2006 10:03 AM <br /><br />RE: All your doing is supporting a cycle of over taxing and none of it goes back to the tax payers. Virginia continues to build and widen roads/highways and you people are trying to keep Maryland from keeping up with Virginia when it comes to improving roads and highways. just the other day I heard on WTOP that Virginia ranks higher then Maryland when it it comes to preparedness of an terrorist attacks and its definately because they have a healthy mix mode of Highways and Mass Transit, not one or the other but both. Until both Mass Transit and Highway Improvements(widening, extentions and building new highways) are made in Maryland along with concentration of more Job Growth in both PG and Montgomery Counties then there WILL be a decrease in heavy traffic on the roads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-72766490290031493082006-12-15T10:03:00.000-05:002006-12-15T10:03:00.000-05:00Metro's inability to secure dedicated funding has ...Metro's inability to secure dedicated funding has crippled its ability to operate efficiently and cheaply.<br /><br />I remember having read somewhere once that each fare increase is met with a corresponding 3% (approximately) drop in ridership. That 3%, most likely, will get back in their cars and further exacerbate the horrendous traffic in the region.<br /><br />If the Council of Governments and Metro were smart, IMO, they'd push for added gasoline taxes in Northern VA, DC and MD as a means for securing additional operating revenues for Metro, and to help encourage usage of all forms of mass transit. Ike Legget has already proffered such an idea.<br /><br />Sadly, the car driving public can't understand that such a tax might actually benefit them, so the scream bloody murder and the cycle continues unabated....The Darnestownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03958933799952531412noreply@blogger.com