Alpha71@lemmy.world to Vancouver@lemmy.ca · 4 months agoCanada's Best Transit System is Falling Apartwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
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minus-squarexmunklinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·4 months agoThere 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.
minus-squareThe Dark Lord ☑️@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 months agoPoliticians 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.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months ago 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.
minus-squareThe Dark Lord ☑️@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoI would like a word with PPP toll roads
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoFeel free to smack them down on my behalf as well.
minus-squareJohn_McMurray@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down9·4 months agoWhy do some people always want people a thousand miles away to pay for services they dont use? This isn’t healthcare. Civic taxes not provincial.
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.
PPP toll roads would like a word with you.
I would like a word with PPP toll roads
Feel free to smack them down on my behalf as well.
Why do some people always want people a thousand miles away to pay for services they dont use? This isn’t healthcare. Civic taxes not provincial.