wopchop
Building Toronto
Definitely will convince my nephew to take transit.
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Treat all stations within the 416 as one "station". Travelling from outside the 416 to anywhere within will incur the same fare; be it Exhibition, Agincourt, or Union. Travelling within the 416 will have a flat fare (i.e. $3).Why not a simple TTC fare (whatever that means) for stations inside Toronto (ie. SmartTrack) and a GO-fare for stations outside of Toronto?
We're too obsessed with the vehicle type anyway. Look at the LRT versus subway debate.
Let's discuss alignment and once that's been determined we can choose the best vehicle to meet the needs of that alignment.
Announcing funding before we even know what the heck it is.
Insanity.
In fairness, if it is just GO-RER (as 'Sauga Planner Ed Sajecki seems to think it is) with more stations in Toronto and fare integration, then it is quite close to being construction-ready.Some are saying that Smart Track is already ready and is ready to be built that's why it's being funded. I mean something which no body was talking about a year ago is somehow ready to be funded.
How can they be funding this before any of the studies are completed? Seems irresponsible to me.
Im going to go out on a limb before this "announcement" is even made and say that this will be the biggest joke and farce of an announcement we have ever seen. Honestly I dont think Harper understands the concept of transit funding, because if this truly only relates to Smartrack, why on the planet is this announcement being made at Hillcrest? Better yet why would the TTC agree to the announcement if it doesn't involve funding for them.Prime Minister Stephen Harper will with great fanfare announce some federal funding for Mayor John Tory (open John Tory's policard)’s SmartTrack plan, with Tory and federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver by his side, sources say.
http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2015/06/18/stephen-harper-to-promise-smarttrack-funding.html