For a long time now, commuters have been complaining about the King streetcar. The 504 car is the busiest in the city, carrying 60,000 people on a typical day and passing through the heart of the financial district. Pressure on the line has grown with the rise of Liberty Village, and Brett Chang and Taylor Scollon launched a private bus service, the Liberty Village Express, to ferry residents to Union Station during rush hour at $5 a trip.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail
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