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Originally Posted by d_jeffrey
 The feds only put 66M$ towards the Evergreen Line in Vancouver.
I really think it's time to clarify who's responsible for public transit, it's a real joke. |
I'm curious... who would you have being responsible for public transit? The real problem is a financing issue. The municipal level doesn't have the funding necessary to carry out its responsibilities. Personally, I hate seeing federal and provincial funding announcements for transit (and freeways) because each one is essentially political pork and it becomes a contest between cities to see who can get more of it. Far better would be to set up some funding system based on an agreed formula so that municipalities could plan accordingly. Something like a transfer of all gas and sales taxes collected within a municipality would go to that municipality (and that applies to rural areas too).
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