1. B.C. Transit is trying to talk every Kamloops citizen into adding $238 to their annual property taxes in return for one “free” bus pass per household. The idea is modeled on TransLink’s U-pass program, where every university student in the Lower Mainland is charged for a bus pass whether they use it or not. (TransLink has lost millions to U-pass fraud, incidentally.) Don’t do it, Kamloops! Free choice is a cornerstone of our society and people, wherever possible, should be able to choose where they spend their money. Why should someone who never uses transit be forced to pay even more for it? The average Kamloops household already pays $80 per month, a perfectly fair amount to support transit—jacking that up just isn’t fair.
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Don Quixote Note: Re Vernon Transit (TAXPAYER Requisition at RDNO for Regional Transit for 2012 an additional $190,084 for 2012
- 2012-2016 Financial Plan - 37.60MB (p.81-83)
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| Transit Cost for Average Residential Property 2012 |
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| Vernon Taxpayer Net Cost for HandyDart $241,275 2012 Budget |
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| Revenue and Net Cost 2012 Conventional Transit |
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| Vernon Taxpayer Net Cost for Conventional Transit $1,192,590 2012 Budget http://www.bctransit.com/corporate/partnership/transitsystems_reg.cfm  |
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