The things that make our cities work and our people go -- transit and public safety, safe housing, sanitation, parks, recreation -- all these tasks fall to you.

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Of course you can go and download another transit app.

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"She practices and preaches the gospel of where transit has to go in the next 30 years, " says Thomas Prendergast, chief of TransLink, which oversees transportation for 22 municipalities in British Columbia.

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The funds will go to a range of projects, including rebuilding housing and mass transit, protecting against future floods and helping businesses recoup some storm-related losses.

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You can't get to work or go buy groceries like you used to because of cuts in the county transit system.

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