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Originally Posted by peter12
What's your agenda here? Obstructionism?
Seems like you are saying that nothing should be done or that it cannot be done ever so just keep sinking money into motor vehicle infrastructure? That kind of status quo thinking is what got us into this current mess.
At the very least, admit that driving is a choice and drivers should be paying the full cost of that choice - increased fuel taxes and congestion pricing would be a good start.
Start pushing those levies into more environmentally and pedestrian friendly infrastructure - like trains, buses, and street cars.
This is really simple stuff, and it is where a lot of jurisdictions around the world are headed.
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My agenda is hoping for some honesty that the place you live in isn't some revolutionary pangaea when it comes to transit. No one who's been to Vancouver is floored by its transit system. This Transport2050 currently exists of nothing, and therefore shouldn't be trotted out like some beat stick against other municipalities like we're some sort of troglodytes.
Most cities in North America are trying to improve public transit. Unfortunately most cities in North America were also built at peak car idealism and therefore built around it and people don't want to be taxed for things because we're short sighted.
As a result things move slow. It's pretty clear the direction municipalities are moving in, but clearly it's not going to happen overnight, or even in a decade and that's just reality.