Council candidates graded on public transit

This week the Public Transit Coalition (PTC) released an report card grading some candidates for City Council on a range of transit-related issues.

Candidates where emailed 10 "Yes or No" questions about building the Transit City plan, keeping the TTC publicly owned and governed, and the need for sustainable operating subsidies to keep TTC fares in check. The complete list of survey questions and over 100 candidate responses can be found sorted by ward here.

Key Findings of the 10 Question Survey:

  • All respondents agreed Torontonians have a right to reliable, frequent, and accessible public transit.
  • All respondents agreed to be advocates at Council for maintaining and working to increase TTC service levels for all wards.
  • 93% of respondents think the Province should return to paying 50% of the TTC’s operating subsidy as it did under Premiers Davis, Peterson and Rae.
  • 77% of respondents plan to advocate for the Transit City plan promised by Premier McGuinty, Toronto City Council and the TTC in 2007.
  • 3/4 of all respondents were given grades of 80% or better by the PTC.
Sadly many candidates, including 17 incumbent candidates, chose not to fill out the survey

For additonal PTC election information, a daily chance to win a Metropass, and an informative video narrated by Canadian Actor Eric Peterson visit www.KeepTTCPublic.ca.

The Public Transit Coalition is a collaboration of thousands of Torontonians who agree that the TTC must be kept public, be properly funded by all levels of Government, and that the Transit City Light Rail Plan be completed by 2020. To date, over 12,000 individuals have become PTC members along with almost 40 community groups and other organizations. Learn more at www.publictransitcoalition.ca

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