Continuing our fine sometime tradition of “Streetcar Friday”, I present this ad than ran for the Hydro Electric Railways, June 23, 1928.
Interurban service to Amherstburg. When streetcar service was ended, this line to Amherstburg became a bus line. Now, public transit service to the county is non-existent.
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I hear ya A'burg Dave! I missed work on the friday before christmas with all the snow only because i couldn't get beyond the neighbours house through the slush and ruts with the car.. I'm only 50 metres from what was once the SW&A Rail and had it still been running today, I wouldn't have lost a days wage!
If the provincial gov't pumped as much money into the rest of Ontario for public transport as they do for Toronto , or the federal gov't for Ottawa, then maybe communities like ours could have a decent transport system. People in GTA receive so much Prov subsidies for being the Prov capital, they take that as their entitlement and assume every one gets it too. As long as the people in Windsor are so attached to the idea of owning their own car, we will not have the will as a group to rally and promote public transit.
How many 3 and 4 car families do you know? How many city high school students take city buses to school? How many drive themselves or are driven , or heaven forbid, walk the 4 blocks?
When you answer that, answer this -- where is the need for more improved public transport?