My issue is that if the province did assume ownership of the subway, are they going to keep TTC fares or are they going to charge fares by distance and let the City subsidized the buses and streetcars? I think if they did that there's going to be a transit crisis in the City of Toronto
In Sweden recently, people were outrage at a Islamic private religious school in Stockholm where girls were directed at the back door of a school bus while the boys use the front door. That same Islamic private religious school was publicly funded by the Swedish government...
In order to do that extension, Seneca King City needs to have a major expansion of the campus, it would require for the province the remove the percentage cap of degrees that's offered in college and the elimination of tuition for both domestic and international students
After the spadina extension is operational, years down the road, I won't be surprised if York region wants the TTC to extend the line from VMC to Vaughn Mills and Wonderland (seasonal only).
I don't think Metrolinx is up to the task. The reason is that in the eyes of Torontonians, 15 mins for RER is considered infrequent. In other words, in order for RER (as an alternative to DRL) to work RER needs TTC subway level frequencies and also to implement TTC fares within Toronto. The...
Because,
1.) Most transit systems around the world were already designed for the use of fare by distance or a hybrid model since public transit was implemented long time ago.
2.) In Canada and the U.S.A. alone, we have the 'automobile' culture. To them (in Canada and the U.S.A), the automobile...