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our new mayor just obsoleted our car purchase

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2015.01.19

A month after we break down and buy our first car, TTC improvements and fare reductions occur. Specifically, kids under 12 will now ride free. This eliminates a full third of the cost justification of buying the car. Just one month ago.

Three reasons to be thankful:

  1. If this is the worst of our problems, it's still nothing.
  2. This will do a lot of good for the city - and certainly make the TTC more effective on the weekend!
  3. We at last have someone in charge of the city who gives a fig about the worst problems.

rand()m quote

If anyone tells you all is lost or all is fine, just nod and move on and live in the middle where everything matters.

—Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin, Twitter