It went into those talks Monday, and expects to be negotiating for the next month before widespread service reductions are implemented. “Until ridership is coming back, we need urgent federal government support to make transit systems whole,” said Marco D’Angelo, president of CUTA. “There’s an interim gap that’s there that a municipal government or a transit agency can’t take on its own.”The federal infrastructure ministry has said transit agencies aren’t eligible to access its funds through its programs. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...Desmond and other members of CUTA had been actively lobbying the government to change the legislation to make transit agencies eligible, since they’re so reliant on fares to operate. “How do we rebuild the confidence of the public to ride public transit?

Source: thestar April 14, 2020 06:56 UTC