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In 1989, total employment in the City of Toronto peaked at almost 1.5 million workers. Since that time, employment in the city has at best languished. In fact, it is estimated that 100,000 fewer people work today in the City of Toronto than fifteen years ago. In contrast, employment in the...

No. It would make sense for Toronto to lower their rate to what the due diligence suggested (approx 1:1, res. bus.).

Sorry Memph I meant to compare LA to SF not NY. San Francisco has similar population density (slightly lower) yet has more than twice the public transit use. While there are far more jobs located outside the downtown, these are not really candidates to serve with PT. As taal mentions...

Planners, professional and armchair alike, should be careful of giving equal accord to both population and employment density. Employment density is a much larger factor in determining ridership potential than residential density. NY and LA have similar population densities yet LA would never be...

It has as much to do with ours being a Conservative Nanny State, where only certain segments of society face global competition. If we were allowed to purchase services from doctors, lawyer, etc. abroad we would quickly see just how uncompetitive our professionals are.

That is a pipe dream. The outer suburbs, with thier poor public transportation, lost employment to areas in the 905 that have no public transportation. Transit City would not change this. The Priority neighbourhood program was another resume builder for David Miller. The areas continued to...

You say to let other cities build thier own subways yet ignore the fact that Toronto does not itself pay for its subway.

http://stevemunro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/20002009SubsidySummary.pdf You write as someone who has no clue in how the TTC is funded. If Toronto paid for the total costs of the TTC you would have a point.

http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/report/R_211JKR.pdf The report above supports scampers argument.

Since I have the info at hand let me give an example. 615-617 Queen St West had an assessment of 863,600 with CVA taxes of $35,070. Due to capping and its age, in 2008 it was paying only $13,065. That is a difference of $22,005 PER YEAR OR $1,834 per month. So yes taxes and tax differentials...

Your evidence ignores such issues as CVA capping (which means wildly different rates for similar properties), differences in education taxes and valuing methodologies (see MPACs highest and best use for example). You should look at absolute tax burdens, not ratios. The problem is not the size...

Mpac's use of the the 'highest and best use" will force these properties to redvelop. They will face assessments that make current use impossible. WRT your other point, only non residential could be self financing. In most cases the ratio of residential to non residential will ensure perpetual...

The PRC restrcits captial flows.

China is not going to have a soft landing. When consumption is less than 40% of GDP. It requires far to much capital now to create a single point of GDP. In other news have a look at this... http://macrobusiness.com.au/2011/06/how-germany-achieved-stable-affordable-housing/ London looks an...

Stephen Dupuis is a shill. When he read the report from 'cover to cover' he must have missed this point...... "Industrial, commercial and institutional developments create quality jobs for Establishing a Path to Growth.Toronto residents. These types of development also pay more in municipal...

My favourite policy is the one where he spent billions of reserve funds on operating expenses. This allowed him to increase budgetary spending in excess of taxation, and have Torontonians believe that he was a good fiscal manager. While it was expensive, the comic value of how many gullible...

Your lament echos that of mine, and that of Thomas Henry Huxley.... Anxious watching of the course of affairs for many years past has persuaded me that nothing short of some sharp and sweeping national misfortune will convince the majority of our countrymen that government by average opinion...

Toronto: Three Cities in More than One Way selected quotes

What is your source for this?

Meh. I prefer being caught in a lie over the sophistry necessary to avoid it. Surplus budgets, tax increases in line with inflation, and all that.