Alpha71@lemmy.world to Vancouver · 2 months agoCanada's Best Transit System is Falling Apartwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
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minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·2 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 ☑️linkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 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_ehlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 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 ☑️linkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoI would like a word with PPP toll roads
minus-squarekent_ehlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoFeel free to smack them down on my behalf as well.
minus-squareJohn_McMurraylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down9·2 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.