Opinion - Canada - New buses and more mechanics?
Cash-strapped TTC isn't pushed to make sacrifices, critics say
Toronto,ONT,Canada -The Toronto Star, by PAUL MOLONEY -Mar. 4, 2006: -- Imagine you need to buy millions of litres of fuel every year... And diesel prices are rising with no drop in sight... That's the predicament faced by the Toronto Transit Commission, whose bus fleet guzzles 65 million litres annually — the equivalent of filling up your car more than 1 million times... So when the fuel contract is up for renewal, it's an anxious time... Does the TTC sign a long-term fuel deal now, or hold off in the hope prices will drop?... TTC officials decided to lock in at 86 cents a litre starting next month until the end of 2007, a whopping increase over the 54 cents per litre under the previous two-year deal...
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