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How badly does the city of San Fran want to kill business and maybe even some tourism and jobs?
"While the full results of a feasibility study of congestion pricing for San Francisco have not yet been released, a series of public meetings will be held starting next week to discuss the concept of congestion pricing and how it could work in the city. At the public meetings, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority will detail several possible scenarios to charge a fee for driving in San Francisco's downtown during peak periods, a prospect that should spark significant public and media debate.
In the best-case scenario, the SFCTA predicts raising $80 million for transit and non-driving mobility options like bicycling and pedestrian improvements, with traffic reductions of up to 12 percent, emissions reductions up to 16 percent and transit speed improvements of up to 20 percent."
That is $80 million from visitors and business people trying to go to the famous downtown area around Market Street.
Want to kill a business--$80 million in taxes will end the gridlock, and the jobs.
This is a city almost $500 million in deficit--and their policies are to assure it gets to a billion.
If you want to save money, visit San Fran now, before you are taxed for the "privilege".
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"While the full results of a feasibility study of congestion pricing for San Francisco have not yet been released, a series of public meetings will be held starting next week to discuss the concept of congestion pricing and how it could work in the city. At the public meetings, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority will detail several possible scenarios to charge a fee for driving in San Francisco's downtown during peak periods, a prospect that should spark significant public and media debate.
In the best-case scenario, the SFCTA predicts raising $80 million for transit and non-driving mobility options like bicycling and pedestrian improvements, with traffic reductions of up to 12 percent, emissions reductions up to 16 percent and transit speed improvements of up to 20 percent."
That is $80 million from visitors and business people trying to go to the famous downtown area around Market Street.
Want to kill a business--$80 million in taxes will end the gridlock, and the jobs.
This is a city almost $500 million in deficit--and their policies are to assure it gets to a billion.
If you want to save money, visit San Fran now, before you are taxed for the "privilege".
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