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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
Their problems should not become the problems of Ottawa taxpayers. I don't see any reason why they should get any sweetheart deals. They paid for cheaping housing out there. The downside is and should be their commuting cost.
As for setting up GO transit. GO was not set up to connect townships of 10 000 to downtown Toronto. It was set up to actually connect suburbs that were actual cities in their own right.
Ottawa doesn't need GO. What is needed here is for these towns to subsidize the commutes of their own residents or for the residents to comprehend that buying acre lots in the boonies has a downside.
And no merger of OC Transpo with their services. That's just the slippery slope to more direct subsidies of their services.
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I do not have an issue with OC Transpo offering a discounted monthly pass to the commuter services, in exchange for it being mandatory and integrated into the commuter service pricing (no opt-out). These people are not using OC Transpo service on weekends or evenings, they will almost all only be traveling on high capacity, low cost O-Train service. Very few continue onto the bus network, so the cost to provide them the service they want is low, and the full monthly pass would be unreasonable expensive for the amount they would actually use the service.
We provide a similar discount to post-secondary students, because we know that not all of them use it.
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