Clarke Proposes One Combined Transit Authority for the Toronto GTA Areas which Represents 25% of

May 30, 2010 - PRLog -- With 25% of Canada’s population residing within the GTA, common sense should tell us that we must combine ALL the GTA areas under ONE transit authority.

Peter CLARKE a likely candidate for Toronto’s North York ward 23 has proposed the amalgamation of all the GTA area public transit authorities, systems and operations, including the TTC, Mississauga Transit, HSR, Go etc. into one transit authority for the entire region of the GTA areas.

At present the TTC, Metrolinx etc. are all run by purely academic political appointees having little to no actual transportation qualifications in private mass transportation systems from within the world’s private transportation industry.

All three levels of government, municipal, provincial and federal must completely understand that first the GTA area with its 25% of the population requires a lasting financial commitment to public transit which is NOT on the back of property taxpayers, renters, condo and homeowners or businesses alike.

Without a lasting and final political commitment from the province and federal government's any transit system within the GTA areas will NOT succeed.

Second until there are qualified professionals from within the worlds private mass transportation industry at the helm of any GTA mass public transit system as opposed to just political appointees from one political party or the other any public transportation system is doomed to failure and unsustainable by the people.

29 years ago the Toronto's public transit system recognized that the future major transportation needs for the city would be in the downtown core area.

This plan back then was referred to as the DRL or downtown relief line or DRL as it correctly foresaw the congestion problem that now exists within the down town core area of the city.  

Until this plan is revised and implemented to relieve the current congestion during rush hour periods the movement of existing citizens using mass transit for work related issues within the downtown area will NOT be solved.

The current system most definitely will NOT be solved by increasing a subway line to the North of Toronto nor by politically offering that our seniors be able to use the system during off hours for FREE.

We the people, seniors and non seniors alike all realize that NOTHING is FREE, especially when proposed by politicians seeking election.

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CLARKE an INDEPENDENT NOT a CAREER Politician or supporter of any political party, special interest group or lobbyists. PETER is your average citizen candidate and answerable only to the people NOT a political party, special interest group or lobbyist