taal
Senior Member
I hate Ford as much as the next person but he finally mentioned the magic words for me yesterday ... though I doubt they'd actually pan out, but he specially mentioned commercial tax cuts. Again this is likely impossible (an actual cut that is verse a freeze) but at least he's thinking about the idea.
Anyway, regarding streetcars ... while yes it could not think of a worse platform to lose central voters ... it's not very fair to compare to other cities which are building *new* streetcar lines ... for the most part (maybe 100%?) cities are building LRTs now i.e. they're grade separated from cars. I doubt he's referring to Spadina or St. Clair or QQ ... rather the other lines.
Again, replacing them with buses is a terrible idea - but replacing them with say a DRL in combination with lighter surface options may make some sort of sense.
Anyway, regarding streetcars ... while yes it could not think of a worse platform to lose central voters ... it's not very fair to compare to other cities which are building *new* streetcar lines ... for the most part (maybe 100%?) cities are building LRTs now i.e. they're grade separated from cars. I doubt he's referring to Spadina or St. Clair or QQ ... rather the other lines.
Again, replacing them with buses is a terrible idea - but replacing them with say a DRL in combination with lighter surface options may make some sort of sense.