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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I am absolutely blown away by the potential revenue generated by a gas tax of only 1 cent per litre! This is what we have to push for. (my bold and underline below). Just talked to John on the phone and his thinking was that the Region should approach the province for the authority to impose a gas tax because of the shortfall in their commitment to the LRT. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I think this funding approach would be entirely palatable to the residents of the Region. For my 50 litre tank Honda Civic, this means an extra 50 cents per fill-up. Chump change that adds up to big bucks. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Susan K<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gasoline Tax <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In most cases, revenues from a gasoline tax are earmarked for local roads and public transit. The tax affects both residents and visitors. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For every one litre of gasoline sold in Ontario, the provincial government collects almost 15 cents. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>It is estimated that every cent of taxes levied on a litre of gasoline raises revenues between $19 million and $28 million.</span></u></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> In the GTA, each cent per litre would generate annual revenues ranging from $47 million to $53 million. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Montreal's Agence Metropolitaine de Transport (AMT) is partially funded by a 1.5 cent /litre gas tax (total raised: $47 million). <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Greater Vancouver's TransLink (Vancouver Regional Transit System) is partially funded by a 4 cent/litre gas tax (total raised: $79 million). <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Public transit in the U.S. is receiving 2.8 cents per gallon (0.7 cents/litre) from gas taxes to reduce deficits (Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century). It is estimated that American transit systems will receive more than $29 billion from gas taxes over the next five years. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Different U.S. states collect different tax rates: <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The state of Michigan collects 19 cents per gallon gas tax and diverts 1.5 cents to a Comprehensive Transportation Fund. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The state of Florida diverts 8.8 cents per gallon to a Transportation Trust Fund. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>New York State provides subsidies to transit systems based on the Petroleum Business Tax. The tax is measured by the quantity of various petroleum products refined or sold in the state or imported for sale or use in the state. The state collects approximately 10 cents per gallon. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>http://www.canadascities.ca/caoreport_062000.htm#5<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> executive-bounces@gren.ca [mailto:executive-bounces@gren.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Susan Koswan<br><b>Sent:</b> January-05-11 2:04 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'GREN Executive'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [GREN-Exec] FW: [Priorities] new Toronto transit report by Pembina<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for sending this John.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The 25 year experience in Calgary is eye-opening! : Great factoids like this: “</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The City of Calgary has found that buses are approximately six times as costly to operate as LRT” !!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I also like that they got money from a provincial gas tax fund. Could the Region of Waterloo impose a local gas tax? I’d certainly be willing to pay extra for gas if I knew it was going directly to finance public transit – it would be the kind of tax shift that the Green Party has been pushing for. We have to make it more expensive and more difficult to do the “wrong” behaviour. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Still reading…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Susan K <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> executive-bounces@gren.ca [mailto:executive-bounces@gren.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Jackson<br><b>Sent:</b> January-05-11 10:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> GREN Executive<br><b>Subject:</b> [GREN-Exec] FW: [Priorities] new Toronto transit report by Pembina<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thought you might find this report interesting after our discussion last night. It is comparing LRT with subways but it still has a lot of useful car-LRT comparisons and arguments for LRT.<br><br><br>John<br><br>-- <br>John Jackson<br>Program Director<br>Great Lakes United<br>17 Major Street, Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1<br><br>Tel: 519-744-7503 www.glu.org<br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#454545'>Join our mailing list: </span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#3265FE'>www.glu.org/en/mailinglist <</span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.glu.org/en/mailinglist">http://www.glu.org/en/mailinglist</a></span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#3265FE'>> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#454545'> <br><br>Donate today! </span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#3265FE'>www.glu.org/join</span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#454545'> <</span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.glu.org/join">http://www.glu.org/join</a></span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#454545'>> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#00CBFE'> <br><br></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#454545'>Represented by UAW Local 55<br></span><br><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br><br>______________________________________<br><br><br><br>------ Forwarded Message<br><b>From: </b>Cherise Burda <<a href="cheriseb@pembina.org">cheriseb@pembina.org</a>><br><b>Reply-To: </b><<a href="priorities@list.web.net">priorities@list.web.net</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Wed, 5 Jan 2011 10:00:56 -0500<br><b>To: </b><<a href="priorities@list.web.net">priorities@list.web.net</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>[Priorities] new Toronto transit report by Pembina<br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Jan. 5, 2010<br> </span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>New analysis shows Toronto’s proposed subway plan leaves commuters’ best interests behind <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>TORONTO — The subway extension proposed by Toronto Mayor Rob Ford would provide less service per dollar invested than the existing light rail rapid transit plan for Toronto, and wouldn’t deliver transit service to the communities that need it most, according to a comparison of Toronto’s transit options released today by the Pembina Institute.<br> The Institute’s report, <i>Making Tracks to Torontonians</i>, examines the costs and benefits of the proposed subway extension, compared to the light rail transit (LRT) plan that is already underway with funding on the table.<br> “It’s great to have a mayor and council that are committed to investing in Toronto’s transit network,” said Cherise Burda, Ontario policy director with the Pembina Institute, a national sustainable energy think-tank. “Taxpayers in this city need to be confident that they’re investing in the option that is the most fiscally responsible and will deliver the best commuter service for the most people.”<br><b>Highlights of Pembina’s analysis:<br></b>The analysis compares the four funded light rail transit projects with the proposed subway extension. The study finds:<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>o </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The LRT projects would deliver more than twice as much service for every dollar invested compared to the proposed subway extension.<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>o </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The LRT projects would bring rapid transit service to six times as many low-income residences as an extended subway.<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>o </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The four LRT lines would bring rapid transit to the doorsteps of 290,000 Torontonians (within a six-minute walk) — while this is true for only 60,000 people by extending the subway.<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>o </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The light rail projects would attract 126 million rides each year, getting up to 140,000 vehicles out of traffic; the proposed subway extension would attract half as many rides (65 million) and leave up to 70,000 more vehicles stuck in gridlock.<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>o </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The LRT projects result in cleaner air and less climate change pollution, reducing vehicle emissions by more than 200,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2031, compared to just 75,000 tonnes of reductions under the subway plan.<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>o </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The proposed subway plan wouldn’t begin operating until 2020, while the planned LRT service is scheduled to start running in 2014.<br>“The main difference with the current light rail plan is the way it connects people with the places they need to get to,” Burda said. “Low-income commuters and people living in underserved areas will have an affordable, reliable way to get to work and around the city. Rapid light rail transit offers an efficient alternative to driving, while revitalizing the neighbourhoods it runs through. It really is a win-win solution.” <br>“As Metrolinx and TTC discuss the options, this analysis brings some numbers to the table — not just costs, but where and who transit will serve.” </span><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>-30- </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Contact: Cherise Burda 416-824-0256 <a href="cheriseb@pembina.org">cheriseb@pembina.org</a><br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Key findings of the report have been graphically illustrated in a map, created by the Toronto Environmental Alliance, that shows which neighbourhoods benefit from the subway expansion and LRT plans. The report and map will be released Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 10:30 a.m.<b> </b>at City Hall Media Gallery </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>1st floor,<b> </b>Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>.<br><i>Making Tracks to Torontonian</i>s is also available at the Pembina Institute website, <a href="http://www.pembina.org/pub/2151">http://www.pembina.org/pub/2151</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><hr size=3 width="95%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>_______________________________________________<br>Priorities mailing list<br><a href="Priorities@list.web.net">Priorities@list.web.net</a><br><a href="http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/priorities">http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/priorities</a><br><br>------ End of Forwarded Message</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>