There is no reason for us to expect public transit to be self-sustaining… it’s neoliberal bullshit.
Transit is a service and it should be funded in a large part by provincial taxes.
Politicians like treating transit like a cruise. It would be weird if a cruise ship was losing money.
Transit should be treated like a road. It would be weird if a road MADE money.
Transit should be treated like a road. It would be weird if a road MADE money.
PPP toll roads would like a word with you.
As someone in the tech space I’d say that one potential partial solution is for Translink to use/fund FOSS Hardware as a cheaper source for replacement parts
- this could also be a universal collaborative funding project/proposal with other provinces and states
- maybe Louis Rossman might also be interested in this as it would tie into the Right-to-Repair movement
god I really hope we don’t lose Canada’s best transit system, this is too close to home fuck
How can people run the economy if they can’t get to work?
