Guelph Transit

[MidTowner]

This started with the comment about subsidies so we should be able to see what the city is paying in the budgets.

When I initially used the word 'subsidies' in that comment, I meant in the sense that Guelph Transit (and every other transit system in our neck of the woods) does not cover all of its costs through user fees, and is supported through the general tax levy.

And, of course, operating costs of Guelph roads (which, yes, are used by commercial vehicles, emergency vehicles, transit vehicles, but principally private passenger vehicles) are covered entirely through support from the general tax levy, since there are no user fees.

Every resident of a municipality pays for the roads, regardless of the extent to which he or she makes use of them. And there's no attempt to rectify that issue. Instead, municipal governments (in this case, Guelph) often ask transit users to pay more out of pocket while the support to transit from the general levy (and so, service) is reduced.