Toronto's gridlock is now rated as the worst amongst 19 major metropolis', including Los Angeles, New York and London.
This morning both Gregor Robertson and Dianne Watts (by conference call) participated in the Big City Mayors’ Caucus (BCMC) meeting as part of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) festivities occurring in Toronto this week.
I am happy that the mayors have taken to the national media to push the issue of transportation infrastructure within municipalities, as it is very clear that funding, or a lack thereof, are one of the major obstacles in terms of competitiveness for Canadian cities.
In British Columbia, and more specifically Metro Vancouver, we have experienced a stretch of significant investment prompted by the Olympics, giving the region a skewered view of the realities of provincial and federal support for our cities’ aging infrastructure.
For the rest of the country that didn’t have the benefit of hosting the world as a catalyst, the picture is far bleaker.
