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the city of edmonton aka idiotsVille
Nothing on planet earth can explain how well edmonton is being run than our transit system.
its like an art project- it makes no sense to anyone and its really expensive and no one knows why. edmontons transit system is the mona lisa of public transportation and even i want to graffiti it to make it look better. sadly there isnt enough lipstick to fix this pig.
let us examine:
im no genius, but if i were to build a transit system from scratch i would think:
“oh geez is there a functioning system in Canada i can use as a blueprint that accounts for Canada being cold”
you know- so u dont reinvent the wheel. however following on the heels of the incredible work done by Ottawa:
where the trains were not even speced for snow, the train track width didnt match the actual tracks, and general comedy ensued because they cut the bus routes BEFORE testing the system, the genius, amazing engineers under the incredible leadership of our Mayor, the BUS DRIVER MAYOR OF CANADA, said:
