Are transit promises transitory?

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The transportation plan announced by Premier Dalton McGuinty on Friday appears to be the answer to all of our dreams.
There will be a rapid transit line, increased GO service, more highway bus lanes.
Heck, even our mayor, who at best is generally wary of any announcement that comes out of Queen’s Park, seems to be impressed
But before the rest of us start making our travel plans we have to confront the real possibility this project will never materialize.
For instance, McGuinty is not telling us how he expects to come up with the $17.1 billion to pay for it all.
If he does know, he should have told us sooner instead of waiting to drop it as a pre-election promise.
As well, the one-third share the provincial Liberals say would be picked up by Ottawa is no guarantee of commitment from a federal Conservative government that has no history of solving the GTA’s problems.
More significantly, this plan could disappear entirely if John Tory and his provincial Conservatives take control after this fall’s election.
Finally, we have heard this all before.
A rapid transit line has been promised for Mississauga by so many different political regimes that we have lost count.
While we give McGuinty full marks for trying to fix all of our problems at once, we’ll believe it when we see it.

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