max
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Operations of the system have been contracted out since the Toronto Parking Authority takeover from the Public Bike System Company in 2014. First it was Alta Bicycle Share (AKA Motivate) and currently Shift Transit.
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Operations of the system have been contracted out since the Toronto Parking Authority takeover from the Public Bike System Company in 2014. First it was Alta Bicycle Share (AKA Motivate) and currently Shift Transit.
downtownordinary
Active Member
I am equally skeptical for the same reasons. The one I'm watching to see the other shoe drop on is the Innisfil Uber Transit experiment. It already got too popular that it was costing more than anticipated. I will be surprised if it can continue to run long term. (sorry for going off topic)
mickael
Active Member
innsertnamehere
Superstar
^Thats the same model as in Hamilton, it was a contract. The city owns all the bikes.
Hamilton will have to find a new contractor. The problem is if they can find one in a few weeks.
Hamilton will have to find a new contractor. The problem is if they can find one in a few weeks.
Wm Perkins Bull
Active Member
Hamilton voted to let SoBi die
Amare
Senior Member
Between Hamilton, London, and Toronto, I honestly dont know which one of these cities has the largest group of idiot city councillors in the country anymore. Just when I think one city clearly takes the lead, the other says "hold my drink".
urbanyimby
Active Member
Don't forget that city councillors are elected by its citizens. That tells you something about the people living in those cities.
Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
Brampton.
robmausser
Senior Member
Brampton absolutely takes the cake. They will forever be known as the city that was offered a FREE, 1 billion dollar LRT by the province and were like "nah, no thanks"
innsertnamehere
Superstar
Toronto is honestly much better than it used to be. Seems near-competent now.
Hamilton has long struggled with meeting that target. The amount of petty politics that goes on in the city is ridiculous.
Hamilton has long struggled with meeting that target. The amount of petty politics that goes on in the city is ridiculous.
jje1000
Senior Member
Which is why I'm not particularly surprised why LRT died (for now) in that city as well.
ShonTron
Moderator
Though enough of those bums were kicked out in 2018. It's a much more progessive council now.
It's also easy to forget that Mississauga wiped out a stop in Port Credit that would have better served the business area and waterfront parks.
Amare
Senior Member
That was one of the most idiotic decisions i've ever seen from a city in my lifetime, dont get me wrong and Linda Jeffery deservedly paid the price for her mindful stupidity on the matter.
But let's not forget, Toronto's ongoing saga with the SRT. A city which was offered free money as well for it's replacement, voted in favor, then flip-flopped on the matter umpteen times to the point that the line will literally crumble away.
Hamilton's LRT saga is another joke that's been going on for the past 10+ years, and the cancellation was a self-inflicted wound by the same idiotic councillors who time, and time again stalled the project from going forward.
This is a city which has the worst public transit system in the GTAH, so by them scrapping their bike share program it hampers a city which really has no real viable alternative transport mean.
salsa
Senior Member
I know that Toronto council has been frustrating at times, but c'mon it's not even close. While Hamilton allowed their bike share system to be screwed by Uber in the worst possible moment, Toronto council just voted overwhelmingly for the biggest-ever cycling network expansion in the city's history (and against all the usual Holyday trojan horse motions). While listening to the meeting, even some of the suburban councilors who were generally less supportive a decade ago, have acknowledged a cultural shift going on in how we move, and how we need to fundamentally rethink the way we design our streets going forward. They also expressed strong desire to expand cycling infrastructure in their communities as well...not just downtown, and passed motions that will help expedite that.
And speaking of Bikeshare, we are set for another huge expansion this year if plans hold.
salsa
Senior Member
That was one vote. In my view that does not dismiss the sustained investments that they made toward Brampton Transit year-after-year that has resulted in the impressive ridership growth that we've witnessed, while Hamilton transit went in the opposite direction under the numerous failings by their leaders. Based on outcomes alone, Hamilton did way worse.