Transit Infrastructure: Infrastructure Service

Poor Integration Dept: Big cities have big needs. Immigrant integration and affordable housing are needs more acute to our cities. So, too, is transit infrastructure. Poor integration of immigrants into the work force and worsening job mobility are drags on our economy, according to Globe And Mail. Infrastructure has not kept pace with the growth of our cities. Our report, Toronto as a Global City, documents what any commuter in rush hour can tell you. Canada’s transportation systems have fallen well behind those of the rest of the world. Among 23 global cities, three of the bottom five positions in the transportation ranking are held by Canadian ones Toronto, Vancouver and Halifax . The average commuter round trip ranges from 67 to 80 minutes. Toronto again is last, longer than New York, London and Los Angeles and in Canada, our cities are economic drivers of the country. Eighty per cent of us now live in urban centres, and we’re among the most urbanized countries in the world despite our vast rural geography. We believe part of the solution must be a national urban strategy – a new fiscal framework among our three levels of government that will sustain the unique infrastructure, service and program operations of our major urban centres. As reported in the news.
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