I think we can all agree that Ion is not the kind of project that we would build if we had respect for actual transit principles, a normal cost structure, and a willing electorate. KW had none of those during Phase 1 so I'm happy that we got something at all. We should be using its success to argue for and build better versions iteratively every year, but local and provincial leadership has no vision and definitely doesn't ride transit. All the users and new residential units enabled by Ion should be a potent electoral force, but with turnout limited to basically nobody in municipal politics, they don't get heard.
local cambridge weirdo