TJ O'Pootertoot
Senior Member
Why not York Region directly?
As I explained above, we should be looking more at how to fund lines that cross borders.
A one-time deal (or even 2, if you throw in Spadina) addresses a single inequity but not the larger issue.
How are RER and SmartTrack going to be funded? Another one-time deal?
Nah - we need to rethink the whole thing and the timeframe of getting RER and Yonge subway online should be sufficient to do that and create a system that:
a) makes it seamless and easy for riders to transition between systems and cross borders
b) funds operations adequately so neither Toronto nor any other municipality is on the hook
It's not reinventing the wheel - this happens in World Class (TM) cities around the world through revenue tools and properly funded transit authorities.