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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-14/the-toronto-suburb-where-the-humble-bus-is-king>
"It is taken as a truism in the world of urban planning that successful transit
requires what is known as “transit-supportive development”— a high-density
combination of concentrated destinations and walkable streets. But what if I
told you that some of the highest transit usage in North America can be found
in a place with none of those things? It’s a Canadian city full of suburban
cul-de-sacs, Big Box retail complexes and wide arterial roads.
To be clear, none of these things are good for transit ridership. All of them
do indeed make transit less appealing and less pleasant to use. What this place
shows, though, is that even in a place without any of the supposed
prerequisites, you can still get tens of thousands of people to choose to ride
the bus. We don’t have to wait until all our suburbs are rebuilt to become
European-style walkable utopias; it’s possible to get people out of their cars
in a matter of months simply by running buses more frequently."
Via
Reasons to be Cheerful:
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https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-reading-toronto-suburb-mass-transit/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
