Under the heading of job creation and stimulus, public transit currently employs over 50,000 Canadians, and indirectly another 24,000 Canadians. The job creation potential of major public transit, such as inner-city rail projects, could be between 9,000 and 14,000 jobs for every billion dollars invested.
Le potentiel de création d'emplois des grands projets de transport en commun, comme le transport par rail dans les centres-villes, pourrait se situer entre 9 000 et 14 000 emplois pour chaque milliard de dollars investis.