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City Puts the Brakes on Car Free Day Funding
The city has reneged on $100,000 of coloured currency intended to support car free day, according to Councillor Jane Pitfield. The funds were intended to pay for road closures, but now, instead of closing off urban thoroughfares, the City will just strongly encourage employees to take public transit. What to make of it? Well, as council deliberates how to cut the TTC’s budget further, it seems a slightly foolish thing to shell out a hundred grand for an event that will not have an entirely tangible effect on the way we drive now. In fact, CFDays usually tend to see people do what they normally do (bikers will continue to bike, and drivers will continue to drive and utter profanities about road closures!). We’re bummed that the event won’t take place with road closures, but we’re more bummed that the TTC has to cut 45 mil from its budget. The Harbord bus already arrives at half past never, so our personal bias would be for council to plow the 100K into fixing that route. For TOist everyday is car free day.