Oliver Moore from the Globe and Mail wrote about the equipment failure yesterday shut down Toronto’s entire subway system during the morning rush hour, laying bare the city’s reliance on transit and raising questions about priorities as council prepares to debate the future of the Gardiner Expressway.
Toronto has spent years dealing with the consequences of underfunded public transit. Aging infrastructure, delayed repairs and subway slow zones have all placed pressure on a system that millions of Torontonians rely on. These problems cannot be fixed overnight and require sustained investment in the workers, vehicles, tracks and infrastructure that keep transit moving.