Citizens of Toronto:
You can send this email, or create your own. Keep it polite, but let him know that transit riders are now his customers. As a self-proclaimed “customer-service” focused man, he needs to know that scrapping Transit City would be a devastating shame.
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from Caitlin Smith <caitlin@tinyalligator.com>to
mayor_ford@toronto.cadate
1 December 2010 21:25subjectTransit plans
Dear Mayor Ford,
I’m extremely concerned about your plan to scrap Transit City.
As a taxpaying Torontonian, I would be very angry if the tax dollars that we have already spent towards this plan were thrown down the drain by changing course at this late date in the plan. As well, I feel that paying for a new subway line would be a shameful waste of our precious city resources.
The new LRT lines that the Transit City plan calls for are not a “war on the car”. Instead, they make commuting by both car and public transit more efficient. Dedicated streetcar lanes clear up roads and make it easier for everyone to get to work faster, and do so in a very cost-effective manner.
Please, don’t begin your new term with this shameful waste of my tax dollars.
Regards,
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Caitlin Smith
