A Congestion Tax...Would It Work in Adelaide?
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:21 pm
Should the SA state government implement a congestion tax on the Adealide CBD and use the resultant monies on infrastructure projects?
For example driving through the CBD (maybe the boundary should be the 4 terraces) at peak hour would incur a $2 toll.As well the tax on all day carparking would be drastically increased with all the money going to fund public transport infrastructure. The Adelaide CBD sems to have an extraordinary amount of it's prime real estate dedicated to carparks (maybe somebody can illuminate me on the actual amount and percentage compared to other Australin cities). These carparks fill the streets to the brim with cars at peak hour but otherwise the streets return to an emptiness and quietness that the Amish would surely enjoy.
Your thoughts.....
For example driving through the CBD (maybe the boundary should be the 4 terraces) at peak hour would incur a $2 toll.As well the tax on all day carparking would be drastically increased with all the money going to fund public transport infrastructure. The Adelaide CBD sems to have an extraordinary amount of it's prime real estate dedicated to carparks (maybe somebody can illuminate me on the actual amount and percentage compared to other Australin cities). These carparks fill the streets to the brim with cars at peak hour but otherwise the streets return to an emptiness and quietness that the Amish would surely enjoy.
Your thoughts.....