12-20-2018, 03:08 PM
(12-20-2018, 01:30 PM)SammyOES Wrote: I don't buy at all that this will have a significant impact on the tech scene of the area. Companies are coming here for a whole lot of reasons - all of them way more important (to them) than the transit situation. And its not like Ford is killing something that was going to have an immediate effect. We were talking about something that was happening in like 6 years (at the very earliest!).
I also don't think this is a 4-year delay really. The project has never been of a high enough importance that it was being moved forward. The whole negotiations with CN thing already felt like a bullshit excuse to pretend to do something but not actually have to do anything. Hopefully over the next 4 years it becomes clear that this really is something that we need and it will be resurrected as an actual priority with real solutions provided. And there have to be a whole host of solutions other than a 10-year process of negotiations and building a new line for CN.
1) yes tech companies move here for a number of reasons. The biggest reason is people and the congestion will drive people away.
Obviously how big an impact this will be is an opinion. I think it will be substantial. The congestion already has me at my breaking point.
2) no matter how you feel about the project under the liberals you cannot interpret this as neutral. This is clearly a setback.
I don't know how anyone can have faith that the current government will do the right thing here . They've proven themselves sprawl happy, even ignoring the political vengeance and austerity issues.