While municipalities are trying to find solutions to absorb the deficits of the various transport companies, the president and CEO of the Urban Innovation Resilience Institute recalls that the “primary role” of the provincial government is “to invest in infrastructure”, particularly in the development of public transport infrastructure.
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Without wanting to get involved in the political standoff between municipalities and the Quebec government, François Croteau specifies in an interview with LCN Now that “Quebec invests approximately 29% of all infrastructure investments in public transport »
“In Ontario, 72% of these amounts go to public transit,” notes Mr. Croteau. There is a major gap that needs to be made up.”
The former mayor of the Rosemont borough in Montreal maintains that the greater the supply in the province in terms of public transport, the more ridership will increase and the less the transport companies will have a deficit.
According to him, “we need public transport, it is essential if we want to decarbonize Quebec.”
***Watch the full interview with François Croteau in the video above***
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