Ottawa will chip in $349 million to help the TTC buy more electric buses — but no money to help the cash-strapped transit agency run them.
“We need to bring TTC buses into the 21st century so that everyone in Toronto can enjoy cleaner, more sustainable city and transit system,” said Deputy Prime Minister, representative for the federal riding of University-Rosedale, at a news conference in North York Monday accompanied by Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie.
“Electric buses could end up sitting in the garage if federal and provincial governments don’t provide TTC operating funding for someone to drive them,” transit advocacy group TTCriders wrote on Twitter. Toronto currently has 60 electric buses, and plans to have 1,850 by 2033, according to the TTC’s capital investment plan. But it will need significant funding — even beyond this latest investment — to get there.
McKelvie’s reference Monday to the “strong partnership” between Toronto and Ottawa stood in marked contrast to remarks she made a month ago. In the wake of the federal budget, McKelvie said she was “disappointed — a Toronto MP — would ignore a direct commitment the Federal Liberals made during the last election to former Mayor John Tory” to help Toronto with its finances.
However, she admitted the city has still not found a solution to cash woes that continue to threaten key city services from public transit to homeless shelters.
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