Guelph Transit

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No offense, but those numbers don't really seem particularly relevant to the cost of a suburban road or cul-de-sac in Guelph.

There's a huge difference between costs paid by a developer or paid by the city.  The developer portion isn't a subsidy by any definition of the word.  It's a cost born by a private company that is making profit on the enterprise.

I also don't find the "an additional $1 subsidy per transit rider looks a lot..." line of reasoning very compelling either.  It's lazy logic that could be used to justify almost anything.

Actually they give a rather good ball park figure where the costs are. You simply find the subsidy too jarring: the data is there, from three different sources.

And my point stands, people who are unaware of the true costs of transportation are shocked at $1-2 subsidy for transit passengers while unbeknownst to them similar costs are incurred by driving, much to their surprise.