“We wanted to invest our money in a way that we knew would provide that sense of safety for Calgarians.”
The recommendation called for $3.4 million in one-time funding for the enhanced staffing and $5.3 million for safety and infrastructure improvements from the city’s fiscal stability reserve, with anticipation for another $6.7 million in additional base funding in the city’s November budget talks.
“Just having more safety ambassadors and law enforcement, I don’t think is going to be the solution,” he said. “I’d advocate for… a partially closed system. We could then track the data of our riders, we can increase our services most likely, track criminal behaviour and increase revenue.” “We can spend hundreds of millions, potentially billions of dollars, closing a system but we’re not really sure if that would work or solve anything,” Mian said.Click to share quote on Twitter: "That is not financially responsible."
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