At the pump of a Newmarket gas station, Dina Derocchis is skeptical her gas taxes are doing much to get people out of their cars and on to public transit in York Region.

While public transit in the region is “a mess,” the Newmarket resident doubts most drivers are willing to give up their vehicles to ride the bus.

“I can see Toronto needing it more. Up here, I think most people drive. You kind of need a car up here,” said Derocchis, who isn’t opposed to contributing to the provincial government’s new cap-and-trade program, which increased gas prices by 4.3 cents a litre, as long as it is used specifically to improve the environment.

“It (getting drivers to choose public transit) is not going to happen. No, I don’t think so. It won’t happen to me. No, no, no, no.”