• recursive_recursion [they/them]@programming.dev
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    3 months ago

    As someone in the tech space I’d say that one potential partial solution is for Translink to use/fund FOSS Hardware as a cheaper source for replacement parts

    • this could also be a universal collaborative funding project/proposal with other provinces and states
      • maybe Louis Rossman might also be interested in this as it would tie into the Right-to-Repair movement

    god I really hope we don’t lose Canada’s best transit system, this is too close to home fuck

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  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    There is no reason for us to expect public transit to be self-sustaining… it’s neoliberal bullshit.

    Transit is a service and it should be funded in a large part by provincial taxes.

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      3 months ago

      Why do some people always want people a thousand miles away to pay for services they dont use? This isn’t healthcare. Civic taxes not provincial.

    • The Dark Lord ☑️@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      Politicians like treating transit like a cruise. It would be weird if a cruise ship was losing money.

      Transit should be treated like a road. It would be weird if a road MADE money.