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Have an opinion about instituting mobility pricing in Metro Vancouver?

Starting Monday, you no longer have to limit yourself to posting in comment sections or on social media, because the Mobility Pricing Independent Commission has launched its first phase of online public engagement.

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Mobility pricing refers to usage charges associated with using transportation services. It has been proposed that new forms of mobility pricing — in particular, decongestion charging/road pricing — could pay for more transit and transportation improvements in the region, including the 10-year vision put forward by the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation.

The online platform will be open Nov. 6 to Nov. 24, and includes questions and opportunities for comments related to:

• The impacts of road congestion, including various traffic ‘hot spots’ around the region;

• Views on fairness, and approaches to decongestion charging that the commission may study (for example, charging by time of day, by location, by distance, or according to income level);