Multi-billion-dollar investments in new rail lines, tax incentives to ride the bus, and even free public transit trips. Those are among the raft of promises the four major federal parties are making ahead of Monday’s federal election to improve transit. The Conservatives say their revived Green Public Transit Tax Credit would save a family of four who regularly use Vancouver’s TransLink system $800 a year. “We are the only party committed to implementing a Green Public Transit Tax Credit to make the cost of taking transit more affordable,” said CPC spokesperson Simon Jefferies. Under an NDP government, the party promises federal transit funding would prioritize low-carbon projects like zero-emissions buses and electric trains, with the goal of electrifying transit systems by 2030.

Source: thestar October 20, 2019 12:00 UTC