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WHAT: Innovation Talk: Who Pays for Regional Transportation?
WHEN: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 7-9pm
WHERE: BMO Atrium, Evergreen Brick Works

The second Innovation Talk on public transit presented by the Evergreen Brickworks — and sponsored by Spacing — will explore revenue tools to fund transit infrastructure.

What is the best mix of revenue tools to fund an integrated transportation system in the GTHA? International experience shows that regional funding challenges require the application of a broad set of solutions that address multiple public policy objectives-from public health and the environment to economic prosperity and social equity. This week, The Toronto Region Board of Trade published a discussion paper outlining their four preferred choices of revenue tools to fund publish transit in the GTHA.

Join us on Tuesday as our five panellists will turn a critical eye to the GTHA’s funding structure and how it could be improved. Presentations and a panel discussion will explore the major revenue tools being considered in the GTHA, how to think about them from a broader policy perspective, and how varying objectives would influence the best mix of these tools. Folowing the panel discussion will be a Q&A with audience members.

Moderator:
Matthew Blackett, Spacing Magazine

Panellists:

  • Stephanie Cairns, Sustainable Prosperity: Exploring the relationship between revenue tools and policy
  • Richard Joy, Toronto Board of Trade: Overview of the BoT’s report and recommended revenue tools
  • Robert Hatton, City of Toronto: Overview of the City of Toronto public consultation process in the context of potential revenue tool recommendations
  • John Howe, Metrolinx: Overview of the recently released KPMG-AECOM report on revenue tools
  • Monica Campbell,Toronto Public Health: Overview of Board of Health Report as it relates to policy objectives informing transportation funding

 

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2 comments

  1. I’m looking forward to this talk most of all.

    It will be interesting to see if the Toronto and Region Board of Trade revises their proposal by next week.

  2. I think the big problem is the people are trying to separte the transit plan from the funding.

    In the last mayoralty election, almost no candidate campaigned for Transit City and Ford won half the vote campaigning for subways. It was obvious that people did not like the Transit City plan and wanted it changed. After a short while, City Council re-instated Transit City on-street LRT on Finch, Sheppard and Eglinton.
    Now that funding is sought, it is much harder to get buy-in from the public because we know that the money will not be used to obtain the transit we want.