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Originally Posted by acottawa
On the operating side, the transit budget is 647M, the transportation budget (mostly roads) is 209M.
On the capital side, transit is 154M, transportation is 141M.
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What's the lost productivity from having increased traffic? What's the net economic impact of forcing families in a mostly suburbanized car dependent city to often keep and maintain multiple vehicles? I would thought the 2008 strike would have taught people in Ottawa a few lessons about the value of transport and the relief it provides to traffic. Apparently not....