Transit funding: Metrolinx plan’s health and environmental benefits outweigh costs, advocates say

There’s been plenty of attention paid to the $6 billion a year that congestion costs the Toronto region in lost productivity. The hidden costs to the health care system and to residents’ lives, however, are less familiar. That’s why 32 health, environment and academic leaders have published an open letter urging regional politicians at all levels of government to get moving on improving public transit. Read more.