Original sentence: As a result of lower government funding, Canadian cities have to recover a much higher share of their costs out of operating revenues.Canadian cities have higher transit use than comparable U.Many Canadian cities average 100-200 annual boardings per capita, whereas generally only the largest U.This lack of funding may explain why there are only a few light rail systems in Canada, and why there are intense budget fights over building new ones.cities with subway and rapid transit systems (New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington) exceed 100 boardings per capita
Edited sentence: As a result of lower federal government funding, Canadian cities have to recover a much higher share of their costs out of operating revenues.Canadian cities have much higher transit use than comparable U.Most Canadian cities average 100-200 annual boardings per capita, whereas only the largest U.This lack of federal funding may explain why there are only a few light rail systems in Canada, and why there are intense budget fights over building new ones.Toronto, Ontario (metropolitan population 5 million) has twice the transit ridership of comparable U.cities with subway and rapid transit systems (Chicago, San Francisco, Washington) exceed 100 boardings per capita.cities, while Calgary, Alberta and Edmonton, Alberta (metro population 1 million each) have riderships three times comparable U