I'm not speaking from expertise just an observation but shelters are susceptible to vandalism and they cost big bucks to maintain. You have to clean them, shovel them, etc. So I think Metrolinx just decided it was best to put the money elsewhere.
I thought transit shelters were built using advertising revenue and that continued revenue pays for their maintenance and repair. At least with Durham Region Transit, this appears to be the case.
Metrolinx has been slow to embrace advertising revenue as a means to pay for things that provide passenger comfort.
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ReplyDeleteI'm not speaking from expertise just an observation but shelters are susceptible to vandalism and they cost big bucks to maintain. You have to clean them, shovel them, etc. So I think Metrolinx just decided it was best to put the money elsewhere.
I thought transit shelters were built using advertising revenue and that continued revenue pays for their maintenance and repair. At least with Durham Region Transit, this appears to be the case.
ReplyDeleteMetrolinx has been slow to embrace advertising revenue as a means to pay for things that provide passenger comfort.
That's a good point. Maybe I can get the answer.
ReplyDeleteRevenue priorities: More important than human life itself.
ReplyDeleteGO passenger lives do not "matter".