Free Transit on Election Day
Monday, October 5, 2015 @ 7:15 PM
Prince George, B.C. – Prince George residents may want to consider taking the bus to cast a ballot on election day later this month.
This after City Council unanimously agreed to allow for free transit use that day at its meeting tonight.
Council agreed with a Staff report which concluded not only would free transit possibly increase voter turnout but also promote future transit use.
The measure will cost the City an estimated $1,800.
Council provided the same free service for last fall’s municipal election.
General voting day is October 19.
Comments
Every party on the ballot will give you a ride to the polls and back home again. This is nothing more than a helping hand to the NDP.
You will not be allowed on the bus if your hair is messy or you are wearing a niqab.
What a civil thing to do . Civility on Election Day . What a great idea . Eighteen hundred dollars cost would be what ? Nine hundred voters?
If it gets a bunch of people who want to vote NDP to the polls, it is not so much a helping hand for the NDP as it is a way to ensure election results that are more representative of the electorate’s wishes. I think this is awesome regardless of who might receive any extra votes.
Transit is a heavily subsidized service, subsidized by taxpayers at large.
Every time that Council decides to offer “free” transit, it reduces the revenue stream that already only partially covers the cost of the system.
So, any reductions in revenue result in either cuts to the service OR increased costs to the taxpayers who are already heavily subsidizing the service!
I wonder if our Council is aware of that fact?
I also wonder if Contractor’s comment is closer to the truth than our Council members would admit. I suspect that it is!
We never seemed to need “free” transit for previous elections. Why now?
Free transit? That was nice of the drivers to give up their pay for the day to drive people around.
Transit should be free everyday, maybe then people would ride the bus. We see those buses wheeling around town, empty or 2 or 3 passengers on board. I’m guessing the cash they do take in barely pays the wages for someone to count & roll the coins up.
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