Surely, Mark's LVT/laissez-faire free market approach: "if a society chooses to have a publicly owned road/transit system then the road/transit users should...
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Dan Sullivan
dansullivan0
Aug 20, 2006 1:36 pm
[For anyone here who wishes to comment on another mail, this is an excellent example of how to do it. Space and time efficient communincations. It takes a bit...
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Fred Foldvary
ffoldvary
Aug 20, 2006 3:03 pm
... people will choose to take transport when, if ... We need to distinguish total costs, average costs (cost per person), and marginal cost (the cost of ...
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Terence Bendixson
t.bendixson@...
Aug 20, 2006 3:04 pm
Eric You may want to drawn on the huge array of lifts (you call them elevators) and escalators which we all use of free of charge. The interesting wrinkle ...
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Fred Foldvary
ffoldvary
Aug 20, 2006 3:06 pm
... When land rent is used to finance public transit, this is not really a subsidy. It is the payment for the service, just as a gratis elevator use in a hotel...
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Jeffery J. Smith
jahuusax
Aug 20, 2006 5:25 pm
A highly successful mass transit system might need fares sometimes as congestion charges. SMITH, Jeffery J. President, Forum on Geonomics jjs@...;...
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Jeffery J. Smith
jahuusax
Aug 20, 2006 7:46 pm
Portland Oregon has a free fare zone in the center, which fits the elevator analogy, but once you get out of the dense part, then you have to pay; it runs on...
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Mark Porthouse
markporthouse
Aug 21, 2006 7:31 am
Certainly if public transport is free then more people will switch from car to public transport. However, some will be switching for the wrong reasons and...
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Harry Pollard
haledward1
Aug 21, 2006 7:33 am
FINANCING TRANSIT Land Rent (or if you prefer - land value) is a value created by the presence and access of the community and attaches to a location. Land...
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Terence Bendixson
t.bendixson@...
Aug 21, 2006 7:33 am
In answer to Eric Britton If all metropolitan areas on the planet are moving explosively in 'the wrong direction' what about forgetting vain pursuit of...
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Jeffery J. Smith
jahuusax
Aug 21, 2006 7:33 am
... In a downtown, where values are sky high, is it possible to tease out the contribution of a fare-free central district? SMITH, Jeffery J. President, Forum...
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Jeffery J. Smith
jahuusax
Aug 21, 2006 7:35 am
... That's a good possibility. I wonder when enough is enough? You look at those Japanese trains, jammed full. Can they really schedule more trains? Is Japan...
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Jeffery J. Smith
jahuusax
Aug 21, 2006 7:36 am
... In a downtown, where values are sky high, is it possible to tease out the contribution of a fare-free central district? SMITH, Jeffery J. President, Forum...
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Sean Brooks
e15lineman
Aug 21, 2006 4:09 pm
When I mentioned this, I was specifically thinking of rail transit: fewer stops, and the marginal cost of ridership is near zero, especially when compared to...
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Eric Britton
fekbritton
Aug 21, 2006 7:19 pm
Terrence writes/challenges: "If all metropolitan areas on the planet are moving explosively in 'the wrong direction' . . ." Terrence, as you know well . . ....
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Fred Foldvary
ffoldvary
Aug 21, 2006 7:20 pm
... Yes, if we compare "before and after" free transit for real estate prices, and then adjust for changes in population, inflation, etc, using common...
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Dan Sullivan
dansullivan0
Aug 21, 2006 7:20 pm
... However, waiting in line or suffering crowding are purely negative events. Payment to the community is mostly a neutral event, as the amount received by...
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Fred Foldvary
ffoldvary
Aug 21, 2006 7:21 pm
... use the most appropriate transport for their situation. < There is no need for hotels to provide free elevator service, except that this is the efficient...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Aug 21, 2006 7:21 pm
Mark writes: "There is no need for some kind of privilege to distort the transport market. Free transport would mean that people would live further from their...
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Eric Britton
fekbritton
Aug 21, 2006 7:23 pm
Terrence writes/challenges: "If all metropolitan areas on the planet are moving explosively in 'the wrong direction' . . ." Terrence, as you know well . . ....
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Aug 21, 2006 7:23 pm
... From: Bruno Moser [mailto:bruno.moser@...] Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 2:39 PM To: Wetzel Dave Cc: Nicolaus Tideman; Paul Metz Subject: Re:...
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Mark Porthouse
markporthouse
Aug 22, 2006 3:16 pm
... Less efficient than land use in a society with non-free transport. The more passenger miles that are travelled the higher the capacity of the transit...
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Jeffery J. Smith
jahuusax
Aug 23, 2006 7:04 pm
... Can get it. You know, Lincoln is accepting proposals for such studies til the end of the month. Pay $10k per. SMITH, Jeffery J. President, Forum on...
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Terence Bendixson
t.bendixson@...
Aug 23, 2006 7:30 pm
Less efficient than land use in a society with non-free transport. One of the interesting aspects of paying the market price of land when travelling on it is...
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Mark Porthouse
markporthouse
Aug 24, 2006 7:37 pm
Interesting observation about the lower disincentive to travel in the countryside! In fact it is worse than that: Because city traffic is slower and therefore...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Aug 25, 2006 5:54 pm
1. In Polly Toynbee's recent article in the Guardian she states: "before next July Gordon Brown promises a Roadshow up and down the country to expound and...
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Mark Monson
mark_monson2
Aug 28, 2006 8:42 am
LVT News Digest - 26 August 2006 A Versatile Solution Free Liberal - Woodbridge,VA,USA ... income and employment taxes. Followers of Henry George advocate a...
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Dan Sullivan
dansullivan0
Aug 31, 2006 5:11 pm
Frank de Jong, leader of the Ontario Greens, is running for the Ontario Parliament on a platform that includes land value tax, resource royalties and pollution...
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Eric Britton
fekbritton
Sep 1, 2006 4:43 am
Dear Frank and anyone else who might happen to be listening, Anyone who wants to capture public attention and get elected on just about any ticket these days...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Sep 1, 2006 4:43 am
University College Dublin MEDIA RELEASE 31 August 2006 Leading economist calls for the reintroduction of tax on residential property in order to restore...
