{"id":2259,"date":"2007-09-01T08:49:15","date_gmt":"2007-09-01T12:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2259"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:18:17","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:18:17","slug":"how-to-curb-a-car-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/09\/01\/how-to-curb-a-car-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"How to curb a car culture?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1160\/1294346444_ac9c1b5314_o.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/canada\/toronto\/story\/2007\/08\/31\/big-box-taxes.html\">CBC<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/nationalpost\/news\/toronto\/story.html?id=ba821528-b787-410f-9eb6-576f30ae9e2d\">National Post<\/a> are reporting today that a council committee is proposing higher property taxes for certain businesses (gas stations and Wal-Mart were specifically mentioned) that &#8220;promote a car culture.&#8221; Cesar Palacio, who is more known for his opposition to the St. Clair right-of-way, is on record of supporting this idea. From the CBC article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Coun. Cesar Palacio said big-box stores should pay higher property taxes, especially for the enormous lands reserved just for cars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They encourage the car culture more and more all the time, and that defeats the purpose of one of city hall&#8217;s priorities to encourage public transit,&#8221; Palacio told CBC News.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Palacio&#8217;s idea of a property tax for &#8220;car culture&#8221; promotion is interesting, but is it an effective planning tool? Another councillor, Paula Fletcher, isn&#8217;t so enthusiastic. In her ward, there is a fight against Smart! Centres, a big-box developer, who wants to bring Wal-Mart to South Riverdale. She doesn&#8217;t think there is enough of a deterrent, and that there should be a ban on new big-box developments. The city already bans new drive-throughs located in residential areas.<\/p>\n<p>There are also a few other questions. How would a business be defined as &#8220;promoting a car culture&#8221;? Gas stations, fast-food outlets with drive-throughs, and &#8220;Power Centres&#8221; would be obvious. But what about malls like Fairview or Yorkdale, that have good subway and bus connections, parking garages (instead of just surface lots), and are designed to accommodate pedestrians &#8212; at least once they are inside the mall? Would the tax be high enough to be an incentive for big-box stores to make themselves more pedestrian and transit friendly? And would a suburban plaza in Scarborough or Etobicoke built in the 1960s or 1970s be taxed the same as a new power centre in a more urban area, like Stockyards or the new Wal-Mart planned in South Riverdale?<\/p>\n<p>This interesting proposal, should it ever go forward, could be effective in an arsenal of planning tools to promote intensification and a more urban environment. 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