04-23-2023, 08:59 PM
Just tossing this out there as an option: what would it take for various entrepreneurs in the area to band together to finance something like ION Phase 2 (among other projects)? Is it even possible under our current funding models?
As a model from the past, the Berlin/Kitchener and Waterloo Street Railway operated as a private company between 1888 and 1907 before it was taken over by Berlin. While I know that more recent Canadian PPP transit projects haven't always worked (looking at you Ottawa and Crosstown!), what would it take to inspire local (non-government) transit investment without waiting for the upper levels of government to pitch in?
As a model from the past, the Berlin/Kitchener and Waterloo Street Railway operated as a private company between 1888 and 1907 before it was taken over by Berlin. While I know that more recent Canadian PPP transit projects haven't always worked (looking at you Ottawa and Crosstown!), what would it take to inspire local (non-government) transit investment without waiting for the upper levels of government to pitch in?