Tank: City needs to sell Saskatoon residents on transit, waste diversion

Saskatoon city hall’s most significant long-term priorities include getting more residents to ride the bus and convincing people to throw out less garbage.
Last week was not what you would call a good news week on that front.
City council continues to spend on transit and waste diversion, and two new reports suggest efforts to improve both are failing.
Transit ridership declined in 2016 by more than 57,785 rides to 8.52 million rides, the lowest total in the last five years other than 2014