doady
Senior Member
Nope.
https://www.population.net.au/sydney-population/
http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/toronto-population/
As for Doady’s patriotic notion - Go Leafs! - that Sydney should follow Toronto’s lead because combined the GTA’s transit systems carry more passengers:
1. He’s obviously never used public transit in Sydney.
2. By extension, Toronto should follow the lead of every other transit system that carries more passengers. Actually, I’d agree with that if the comparable were HK, London, Berlin or Paris. NYC not so much. But I’m not sure why it follows Toronto can’t learn anything from systems with fewer boardings.
3. To clarify, the discussion was about how well the respective systems transport their passengers, not how many passengers they move.
Patriotic? I am merely presenting the facts. You're the one who seems swayed too much by emotion.
If you want to believe that a system that lost 20% ridership since the 50s has grown more than a system that has doubled ridership since the 50s, or that of two bus systems the one that moves more than twice as many riders is the less effective and less attractive system, more power to you. But I don't think you are fooling anyone.
You don't need to educate us, we are all aware of the problems of Toronto transit, otherwise we would not come to this forum. There would be no point posting here if improvements are not sorely needed. But there is also not helpful to exaggerate those problems or ignore the system's strengths or forget about what progress has been made. We should build upon what we already have. So I'd rather just stick to the facts.