Tackling transit shortfalls: key to recovery

Municipalities can’t confidently move forward on transit without a solution to operating shortfalls caused by COVID ridership challenges. Federal and provincial leadership is urgently needed; the recovery potential of these landmark investments is threatened.

Transit is a cornerstone of a recovery that is truly inclusive. It plays an essential role in our cities’ economic life: in Toronto, for example, 37 per cent of residents depend on transit systems to get to work and school, and to access community and social services.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY Joanne Vanderheyden and Mike Savage

November 1, 2021

With Canadians turning their minds to the need for a strong national recovery from a year-and-a-half of a global pandemic, political leaders across the country would be wise to focus on community first. Municipalities are where the effects of the pandemic hit first and hardest: rising expenses and ...

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