The media was quick to hypothesise that BC's transit agency was the cause of the No vote, by virtue of past performance and spending gaffes. If true, there's a cautionary tale in there for Metrolinx and TTC escpecially.
However, it also seems that there was a City-Suburbs divide in the voting. I wonder if that parallels the GTA's politics. So far I have not heard downtown Vancouverites declared an elite, nor have I heard the debate muttering about a war on the car. One wonders if BC suburbanites remain autocentric, and simply haven't seen the impact of public transit on their lives.
Enough GTA residents have become accustomed to for example taking the GO downtown for a ball game occasionally, so that even if they use their cars for commuting and daily lives, they understand the value transit has. I would hope the result might be different in the GTA.
- Paul