http://www.tritag.ca/blog/2010/07/17/the-future-of-bus-transit-in-waterloo-region/ Walking, Cycling, and Transit in the Tri-Cities Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:23:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.tritag.ca/blog/2010/07/17/the-future-of-bus-transit-in-waterloo-region/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Andrew Johnson Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:33:12 +0000 http://www.tritag.ca/?p=636#comment-495 Now we're talking! The Region needs to be as committed to funding public transit as they are to holding the line on tax increases. There had better be a plan in place to rationalize staffing and taxation that goes hand in hand with this. Piling money into public transit is a great idea, but the corollary is that funding for roads and traditional 'subsidization of the car' will need to be addressed. As for the rapid transit component, get used to the idea that this will only materialize in the form of dedicated bus lane style rapid transit. The billion dollar plan is simply a pipe dream. There is no money for this, and the willingness of senior governments to pay up is clearly not there. So, Region of Waterloo, show us your plan without blowing smoke. Now we’re talking! The Region needs to be as committed to funding public transit as they are to holding the line on tax increases. There had better be a plan in place to rationalize staffing and taxation that goes hand in hand with this. Piling money into public transit is a great idea, but the corollary is that funding for roads and traditional ’subsidization of the car’ will need to be addressed. As for the rapid transit component, get used to the idea that this will only materialize in the form of dedicated bus lane style rapid transit. The billion dollar plan is simply a pipe dream. There is no money for this, and the willingness of senior governments to pay up is clearly not there. So, Region of Waterloo, show us your plan without blowing smoke.

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