General Suburban Updates and Rumours

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I suppose the issue is that nobody living out there would seriously wish to rely on public transit unless they had no other option. It's a 40 minute trip just to get downtown, for example. Compare that with a 15 minute car ride. Heck Google Maps estimates it's faster to bike than bus...though one would need to be a suicidal masochist to regularly ride their bike down Westmount or Block Line.

The issue with transit in this city is that it takes so long to get anywhere, so nobody really wants to use it unless they are forced to. Time is amongst the most valuable resources people have, so they're not going to want to waste it on the bus or LRT, both of which are often quite unreliable as well...the LRT always seems to be having problems and buses can be annoying if you have to transfer and you miss it because, say, someone is paying their fare in nickels or there are a lot of people with mobility issues getting on/off.

I'll be the first to say that there should be better bicycle infrastructure. I am, however, again going to challenge you on transit speeds. In any reasonable city, bicycles are actually going to be the fastest means of transport and usually faster than the bus or subway. In the best cities, bicycles are faster than cars. But bicycles are faster than transit in places like Montreal and European cities. It's just hard to beat their speed.