The economic benefit of employment from transit is massively outweighed by the economic benefit of the transit existing in the first place. Promoting transit as a jobs creation program rather than a means for economic efficiency will always limit how politicians view transit.

The first time I drove out West I got pretty sad because I realised that I had already seen a majority of our cities and towns, they just all happened to have different names and be in different places. Otherwise they look just like this.

Art of the deal

My dad and I have been having more fun watching IBL the last few years, good baseball, and the teams that really work it like the @wellandjackfish.bsky.social make it even better.

The Orange line is also in desperate need of relief and the REM will take off a decent amount of that pressure.

There's lots to criticise the REM for, but I'm afraid you've missed most of it.

Transportation planning is not just about the demand that exists today but what demand can be generated through things like TOD, which the REM does okay at. You've also forgotten the service it provides to the city proper which will be transformational and much more than the exo could have provided.

Yes 😔

They took up a bunch of the unused space in the back

They turned down $40m of HAF money for the most milquetoast of zoning reforms (4 units as of right, 4 stories within 800m of Sheridan College) by a vote of 14-1!

If he doesn't get majority he's screwed

I'll second this

It's about time!

The disparity in transit funding between the GTHA and the rest of Ontario is enormous.

Not to mention that when the provincial government endlessly expands highways, local governments are stuck with the ever increasing bills for the fire and ambulance services that respond to the crashes.

And reliable intercity transportation!