TOareaFan
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Of course Brampton needs to grow, but as its own city, with jobs and amenities, not as a Toronto suburb. Toronto is 630km sq big. That's fairly large. If it is still not big enough for you, apparently it is your choice and don't complain it is difficult to travel from Brampton.
Complain? I was just responding to your comment that " assume this trips only happens occasionally,". I am going to assume (feel free to correct me if I am wrong) that you are one of those people who passionately defend the notion that "everyone should just move to where they work".
It is an interesting notion that for some reason(s) does not seem to be much of the norm in the GTA.....one has to wonder why (one of the reasons might be that households are, quite often, made up of more than one person and career/life choices might not be exactly the same....for example, not to over personalize things, my wife doesn't commute and I do.....if we moved to DT she would and I wouldn't.....this is not the only reason but it is one).
That this comes up within a discussion about fares by distance is also interesting as those people who need to be DT but feel Toronto is "not big enough" for them to live in long ago accepted that the distance they travel should have an influence on the fare they pay (one could argue if the model/structure of the fares is/is not correct but the concept is well accepted outside 630 sq. km of 416). Another personal anecdote......my non-car commute (walk to bus to Zum to GO train to union walk to office) takes 1 hour 15 minutes and carries a cost of $7.36......a while back I was out drinking with a co-worker and just crashed at his place..... Condo at Sheppard near the DVP....walk to subway...subway to subway......right to office building...took about exactly the same length of time......but only cost $3.
In the context of the fare by distance discussion.....I am not sure you should be focused on the 905-DT commuters.