The heavy lifting on the city's light rail debate

There’s an intriguing analogy between rivers and transit.

They’re both ever-changing. In the same way water flows between river banks, cars, trucks and trains push their way along ribbons of pavement and lines of steel.

“They both move people. Goods have always been shipped along their corridors. Both can change and shift around an obstruction; and they are essential for daily life.

Rivers and their water provide life for the people around them; transit provides life to the cities where many of those people live.

And in the same way humans wither and suffer without water, cities can be crippled by a transit system that doesn’t flow sufficiently.

The City of Brampton is on the verge of slipping into this territory.”

The LRT, or lack thereof has been a soft spot in Brampton for years. A dysfunctional council and a regrettable decision to turn down a provincially approved route — and the funding that went with it — has left the city stuck with no real plan for how to bring this much needed transit to the city.

I take a look at the past, the future and where the city stands now in their efforts to push this project forward.

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Published September 24, 2018 in The Pointer - Brampton