03-09-2017, 03:08 PM
(03-09-2017, 11:52 AM)tomh009 Wrote: We all have preferences whether it comes to transit, cars, bicycles, food or clothing. Iain loves trains, and I think we all know that, but I really don't think that makes his comments "disgusting and toxic."
I respectively disagree. There's nothing wrong with preferring trains over buses. I like trains too. But a "train or nothing" attitude is different, and this is the same toxic mentality that got us our auto-centric cities (car is the king), wasteful projects like the Scarborough extension (subways or nothing), and politicians wanting to scrap all transit in favour of new tech (autonomous Ubers will save our city). I'm sorry, technophilia is a very real threat to sound transit planning and I will call it out when I see it, even if means everyone here will hate me afterwards.
Again, it's only a vocal minority that thinks this way. But they also tend to be the ones showing up at public meetings or, even worse, they're the decision-makers themselves.
This is my last post on this subject.