03-17-2018, 04:21 PM
At this point I wouldn't expect it, but I suspect that some regional politicians were hoping for a specific announcement of full funding for the next phase of Ion like other municipalities have recently had full funding for their own LRT projects.
The scale of this investment is pretty impressive when you compare it to GRT's 2018 operating budget ($63 million) or its 2018-2017 capital budget ($314 million) or the rapid transit 2018-2017 capital budget ($118 million).
LTC's ridership is not that much higher. In 2016, the last year I could find comparable numbers, LTC had a ridership of 22.9 million vs. GRT at 19.7 million.
The scale of this investment is pretty impressive when you compare it to GRT's 2018 operating budget ($63 million) or its 2018-2017 capital budget ($314 million) or the rapid transit 2018-2017 capital budget ($118 million).
LTC's ridership is not that much higher. In 2016, the last year I could find comparable numbers, LTC had a ridership of 22.9 million vs. GRT at 19.7 million.
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.