Staff is also recommending the city implement a “pollution charge” between $500 and $1,000 a year for owners of gas-powered vehicles, including trucks, large SUVs and luxury cars, bought beginning in 2023.
Storer said the city expects to collect $60 million in gross revenues over the first four years of the program, and that money will be used to further its “climate emergency action plan” by investing in alternative modes of transportation, including walking, transit and biking, and installing more electric-vehicle chargers.
The city’s goal is to reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent, to have two-thirds of trips made within the city by foot, bike and transit, and to have 50 per cent of distances driven in the city by electric vehicles, all by 2030, he said.
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