[UrbanFervour]

Yup. People insisting that the largest park attraction in the city remain a private oasis for the privileged and patient doesn't sit right with me. We're desperate for green space, let's do everything we can to get as many people to the islands as possible.

I Like the idea of a gondola that can be used all year - so people can go snowshoeing and X-country skiing, skating etc. in the winter.

But... hyperbole alert... paying $13 to take a water taxi to the island instead of paying the $9.11 return ticket charged by the City doesn't exactly elevate someone to a "privileged" class. Nor does it render the island a "private oasis" for their exclusive use.

For the cost of a bag of potato chips you can avoid the misery of frying in a concrete cattle pen and and being herded on and off a slow, sweaty, moldering, floating sardine can. It's a decision open to one and all - a trade off, like everything else in our capitalist economy.

 

[bearcat]

But... hyperbole alert... paying $13 to take a water taxi to the island instead of paying the $9.11 return ticket charged by the City doesn't exactly elevate someone to a "privileged" class. Nor does it render the island a "private oasis" for their exclusive use.

For the cost of a bag of potato chips you can avoid the misery of frying in a concrete cattle pen and and being herded on and off a slow, sweaty, moldering, floating sardine can. It's a decision open to one and all - a trade off, like everything else in our capitalist economy.

Well it would be $26 vs. $9.11, almost 3 times as much. Yes you can board the return ferry without a ticket, but that's kind of gaming the system.

Though I think the original poster was referring to having pay for the ferry at all as allowing only the "privileged" to go to the island.

 

[UrbanFervour]

Though I think the original poster was referring to having pay for the ferry at all as allowing only the "privileged" to go to the island.

Right...

Why should anyone ever have to pay for anything at all? Let's just put this $100M piece of infrastructure and all the maintenance and operations costs it will require over its lifespan to the magical credit card that makes everything free.

 

[GameOnBrad]

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