Ottawa commuters board OC Transpo R1 replacement bus in downtown
From Ottawa to Vancouver, major cities across Canada are struggling to keep public transit running. How can we pull public transit out of its ‘death spiral’? Earlier this month, Ottawa mayor Mark Sutcliffe warned the provincial and federal governments that his city was facing a public transit funding crisis. He says that at this rate, the city won't have enough money to run the light rail lines currently under construction.
David Cooper is the founder and principal of the Canadian transportation planning firm, Leading Mobility. He co-wrote a recent report on the state of transit funding in Canada's biggest cities. David talks to guest host Jonathan Montpetit about just how dire the situation is and what solutions are on the table.
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