Comment 26771

By a pheasant in every pot (anonymous) | Posted September 29, 2008 at 22:53:09

"laissez-faire economics and individualism are only invoked when the subsidies are going to those who need them for daily survival." - A billion dollar train is not needed for daily survival.

"The money comes from the province (and some will likely come from the federal government). " - And all of this come out of the pockets of taxpayers. It doesn't matter what agency doles it out, they're taking it out of our pockets first.

"One major benefit of LRT is that it attracts many more new riders" - From Road to Hell is Paved with Public Transit, Neil Reynolds, Globe and Mail, May 21, 2008: "Since 1992, American cities have invested $100-billion in urban rail transit," Mr. O'Toole says. "Yet no city in the country has managed to increase [public] transit's share of commuters by more than 1 per cent. No city has managed to reduce driving by even 1 per cent." Go ahead and blow off this article as right wing propaganda from the oh so far to the right Globe and Mail... The right isn't entitled to have a differing opinion anyway.

Who is even asking for rail service to the airport anyway? By the time this thing is done, air travel is going to be hugely expensive. IF passenger service isn't just consolidated in Toronto anyway, the only people who will be able to afford to fly certainly won't be lugging their suitcases onto public transit to get to the airport!

I'm struggling to get by and support a family on a small salary. My neighborhood is not serviced by transit. I resent that taxes will have to skyrocket on all levels to pay for this. What about paying for real priorities that impact on public health like crumbling sewers and water mains or closure of emergency medical facilities? No, lets order up a billion dollars worth of trains when the bus is already doing the job. The city infrastructure is falling apart with no money to fix it but we've got money for this???

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