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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)

2. In Toronto,

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2013, 05:57 PM

Dec 2013

There was a fully funded plan to increase above ground LRT, but the suburbanites wanted an over priced subway instead so they didn't have to dodge streetcar tracks or get stuck behind them. Now it looks like they've gotten their way, but they're screaming blue murder that their taxes must go up to pay for it.

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Public Transit Is Underfunded Because the Wealthy Don’t Rely on It [View all] KamaAina Dec 2013 OP

Not only do they not ride it; Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2013 #1

That attitude is hardly confined to Minneapolis KamaAina Dec 2013 #3

In Toronto, Joe Shlabotnik Dec 2013 #2

Mass Transit And Right-Wing Mythology Vogon_Glory Dec 2013 #4