Exactly. I still use my car, but I love the TTC. Can't stand the aggravation of driving and parking in this city anymore. I also like to treat myself to a taxi sometimes. There's a Zip car station across the street, and I am thinking of joining that.
Driving is a hassle, cars are expensive, and urban areas are making far more sense as a place to live. There's a reason millennials are choosing not to get their driver's licenses. It just doesn't make any sense any more. Suburbs don't make (fiscal) sense anymore. Many of our post-war beliefs of what liveability is has been completely demolished by reality.
I grew up in rural Ontario, 14kms outside of a small town, I got my license as early as possible. At 38, my wife has never pursued her drivers license. She grew up in Montreal, where there was a fairly extensive subway system by the time she was of driving age. She lived in Tokyo for 4 years, and was spoiled by an insanely extensive and convenient system (despite lines owned by multiple companies) and now Toronto. For 99% of what we do, transit is just fine. I had a zip car membership, but cancelled because we didn't even use *that* enough. Instead of paying $10,000 a year (CAA's average cost of car ownership, ~$835/month), we pay a couple of hundred dollars more on rent right in the core and take TTC. Seems expensive to suburban friends, but in reality it's cheaper. And we walk every-freaking-where, because most of what we need is blocks away. A friend in Brampton has to drive just to find a convenience store. But because it's all upfront costs, they often don't see the big picture or the convenience.
Transit is one of the things I like about visiting Europe.
I absolutely *loved* the system in Paris, and the integration with the regional trains, etc. It needed better accessibility, but it was 5 years ago we went, and apparently they're retrofitting at an amazing rate. Seeing their system gave me a strong belief that we need a national transit plan like theirs. As much as I love the history of the TTC and would hate to see it eaten by a larger entity, Via, GO and the TTC need to be better integrated, and fares more heavily subsidized.