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Ford simply finds it more helpful to himself to make us pay more than to face the unions himself.
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One interesting detail lost in the shuffle: that Mike Layton's censure motion against Maclean's *passed*--wonder if suburban councillors w/"Asian" constituents made the diff...
I think Ford's ultimate goal is privatization of the TTC. Which basically means, that non-profitable routes will be discontinued. Goodbye most middle suburb bus routes.
Hong Kong, and several companies in Japan have done it and they're making money out of it
Yes, that was interesting. Looks like the executive committee voted against it, and everyone else voted for it. Might be a sign of thing to come if Ford starts going down some of the weirder paths he has talked about - such as eliminating off-peak transit.One interesting detail lost in the shuffle: that Mike Layton's censure motion against Maclean's *passed*--wonder if suburban councillors w/"Asian" constituents made the diff...
Maybe there is something to this not feeding them ...All the councillors assumed the meeting would be extended into today (Friday) but then Nunziata got all motivated to finish off the agenda. Literally everyone just wanted to go home. When Layton got up to speak on the motion, people yelled "DON'T!" and then just voted for it so the meeting would end.
Hong Kong, not only has significant density advantages, but the profit their metro system makes is due to its commercial real estate holdings, not the running of the transit system itself. That'd be like putting the TTC under Microsoft and saying it is profitable because M$ as a whole is profitable.
Both countries are very densely populated with a strong mass transit culture in place, it's an easier sell there. I would expect Ford to cut any weak routes judging from the mr. fix-it style of leadership that he is promoting. Kind of reminds me of Harris during the so-called 'common sense' revolution, and we all know how that turned out.