I feel sorry for them. But then again, this is what they want.

  • They oppose making parking expensive.

  • They oppose bus lanes

  • They oppose bike lanes.

  • They oppose trains

  • They oppose train stations.

  • They oppose congestion pricing.

They oppose any measure that might reduce car dependency.

  • dogs0n@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    15 days ago

    Are they talking about the LRT that someone beat from one end to the other by racing on foot? Yeah… that’s totally a great LRT!!!

    Trains are technically available in Canada, but let’s be honest, they aren’t reliable, have bad schedules, are unnecessarily complex in certain cases (I have seen that they weigh your luggage like you are boarding an airplane…) and just are not a good service in general.

    Toronto has promise from what I can tell because they are trying to build a new metro line, but it has been delayed many a time sadly (common trend) and has ballooned in cost. Just gotta hope.

    • BCsven@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      15 days ago

      Vancouver skytrains are great. Autonomous elevated metro, every 3-5 minutes in some cases.

      There’s a new line going in to extend even further outside current metro boundaries.

      • thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        14 days ago

        Ironically the Scarborough RT, that is now shut, was exactly the same technology as the train in Vancouver. Except Vancouver paid the have it upgraded, and Toronto shut it down to build a subway extension on orders of Ford. An extension that will take a least another decade, that follows the same route as the Scarborough RT that was already running.

        • BCsven@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          14 days ago

          I don’t understand why he gets voted back in, he actively works against progress and good things.

          • thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            14 days ago

            He only got 43% of the popular vote. The ridings are too big, at 100,000 people per riding. The ridings should be 30,000 people. That way more people would be engaged, you’d get a few more regional parties that represent their specific interests. I can see a rural party starting in the NW of Ontario, that actual represents them.

            I don’t understand how the Conservatives hold together. The rural voters should be pissed about the billions he is unnecessarily wasting in Toronto with having the Eglinton LRT West buried for no reason, the billions for gutting Ontario Place, cancelling the Beer Store contract 1 year early, etc…

    • Knoxvomica@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      15 days ago

      I think Calgary and Vancouver have decent trains to be honest. Montreal seemed good when I was there too.