Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦
@transitmatterschtn.bsky.social
A transit (and by extension pedestrian) advocacy group that recognizes the importance of a fast, frequent, and convenient public transportation system, accountable to the public, and accessible to all.
https://transitmatterschtown.ca
https://transitmatterschtown.ca
"Time and again, the conversation about affordability omits transportation cost burden, despite the fact that getting around is the second-largest expense for the average American household, gobbling up 17 percent of the average paycheque."
🔊 Average Canadian🇨🇦 household: up to 20 percent.
🔊 Average Canadian🇨🇦 household: up to 20 percent.
"...it's also important to remember the role that car dependency itself plays in our housing crisis, and how inextricably intertwined the two crises are." - @keawilson.bsky.social
The 'Affordability Crisis' Conversation Can't Leave Out the Cost of Cars — Streetsblog USA
We can't talk about Americans' empty wallets without talking about our empty buses and sidewalks and overall dependence on automobiles.
usa.streetsblog.org
January 10, 2026 at 1:37 PM
"Time and again, the conversation about affordability omits transportation cost burden, despite the fact that getting around is the second-largest expense for the average American household, gobbling up 17 percent of the average paycheque."
🔊 Average Canadian🇨🇦 household: up to 20 percent.
🔊 Average Canadian🇨🇦 household: up to 20 percent.
" Experience and research tells us that transit operates most effectively when planned and built in close connection to walking and cycling facilities."
Improving Active Transportation and Public Transit Integration, A Guidebook for Policy and Planning
#publictransit #cycling #walking #nondrivers
Improving Active Transportation and Public Transit Integration, A Guidebook for Policy and Planning
#publictransit #cycling #walking #nondrivers
January 10, 2026 at 1:32 PM
" Experience and research tells us that transit operates most effectively when planned and built in close connection to walking and cycling facilities."
Improving Active Transportation and Public Transit Integration, A Guidebook for Policy and Planning
#publictransit #cycling #walking #nondrivers
Improving Active Transportation and Public Transit Integration, A Guidebook for Policy and Planning
#publictransit #cycling #walking #nondrivers
"Weekend frequency is a key measure."
#transit
#publictransit
#urbantransit
#ruraltransit
#Charlottetown #StratfordPE #CornwallPE #Summerside
#PEI
#transit
#publictransit
#urbantransit
#ruraltransit
#Charlottetown #StratfordPE #CornwallPE #Summerside
#PEI
Washington DC's rapid transit network was built with briefcase commuters foremost in mind. But it's made the transition to be a network for everyone. Weekend frequency is a key measure.
January 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"Weekend frequency is a key measure."
#transit
#publictransit
#urbantransit
#ruraltransit
#Charlottetown #StratfordPE #CornwallPE #Summerside
#PEI
#transit
#publictransit
#urbantransit
#ruraltransit
#Charlottetown #StratfordPE #CornwallPE #Summerside
#PEI
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Monday, January 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM AST
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Monday, January 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM AST
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🚨Event! Tackling Car-dependent New Housing 🚨
Join us and @sfrost.bsky.social, former head of transport policy at the Institute for Public Policy Research as we discuss the public’s views on transport and what it means. 🚗🚌
🗓️ Register now (it's free!)
actionnetwork.org/events/every...
Join us and @sfrost.bsky.social, former head of transport policy at the Institute for Public Policy Research as we discuss the public’s views on transport and what it means. 🚗🚌
🗓️ Register now (it's free!)
actionnetwork.org/events/every...
Everyday concerns: What people want from transport
Stephen Frost is the former head of transport policy at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) where he focused on climate policy, social justice and public engagement in decision making. Pri...
actionnetwork.org
January 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Monday, January 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM AST
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Monday, January 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM AST
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New planned intersection 200 metres from Belvedere Ave (north) and 250 metres from Nassau St (south).
What problem does this intersection really solve, and what are the benefits or drawbacks?
Could another solution deliver the same/more benefits at a lower cost?
#Charlottetown #transportation
What problem does this intersection really solve, and what are the benefits or drawbacks?
Could another solution deliver the same/more benefits at a lower cost?
#Charlottetown #transportation
January 7, 2026 at 3:33 PM
New planned intersection 200 metres from Belvedere Ave (north) and 250 metres from Nassau St (south).
What problem does this intersection really solve, and what are the benefits or drawbacks?
Could another solution deliver the same/more benefits at a lower cost?
#Charlottetown #transportation
What problem does this intersection really solve, and what are the benefits or drawbacks?
Could another solution deliver the same/more benefits at a lower cost?
#Charlottetown #transportation
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Returning from two weeks visiting extended family in Latvia. I was blown away by the rural transit network as well as the (lighted) rural multiuse paths. And the urban transit was frequent with extensive coverage. I could see myself living there and thriving.
January 5, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Returning from two weeks visiting extended family in Latvia. I was blown away by the rural transit network as well as the (lighted) rural multiuse paths. And the urban transit was frequent with extensive coverage. I could see myself living there and thriving.
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"All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health...what have the Romans ever done for us?"
By the same token, when you look closely, what has congestion pricing really done for #NYC anyway?
By the same token, when you look closely, what has congestion pricing really done for #NYC anyway?
January 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health...what have the Romans ever done for us?"
By the same token, when you look closely, what has congestion pricing really done for #NYC anyway?
By the same token, when you look closely, what has congestion pricing really done for #NYC anyway?
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Hold my Boréale, I've got to update this:
"Those who, in the 26th year of this century's climate breakdown, find themselves opting for car ownership, can count themselves as moral failures."
—Taras Grescoe
"Those who, in the 26th year of this century's climate breakdown, find themselves opting for car ownership, can count themselves as moral failures."
—Taras Grescoe
December 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Hold my Boréale, I've got to update this:
"Those who, in the 26th year of this century's climate breakdown, find themselves opting for car ownership, can count themselves as moral failures."
—Taras Grescoe
"Those who, in the 26th year of this century's climate breakdown, find themselves opting for car ownership, can count themselves as moral failures."
—Taras Grescoe
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I was just thinking that it would be cool for there to be a "Transit Planning 101" workshop for advocates and interested folks, so get the basic understanding if what planners do and what they need to consider when making schedules, routes, etc. I think it would help transit advocacy immensely!
Currently at a crossroads thinking about long-term plans and I’d love to shadow a transit service planner sometime. I’ve been fascinated by service planning since I was a kid and learning more about their day-to-day work would be really helpful! 🚌🗺️
December 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I was just thinking that it would be cool for there to be a "Transit Planning 101" workshop for advocates and interested folks, so get the basic understanding if what planners do and what they need to consider when making schedules, routes, etc. I think it would help transit advocacy immensely!
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Wild that a city can build and maintain three- or five-lane local roads for cars but builds new sidewalks that require people to walk single file.
Yes, the city needs to actually repave streets. Yes, the city needs to repair sidewalks. Yes, the city needs to install curb ramps.
But the bigger problem is that when LA decides to do anything at all to "help" pedestrians, the result looks like this complete and utter bullshit
But the bigger problem is that when LA decides to do anything at all to "help" pedestrians, the result looks like this complete and utter bullshit
December 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Wild that a city can build and maintain three- or five-lane local roads for cars but builds new sidewalks that require people to walk single file.
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public transit in metro vancouver needing more funding to improve transit service to improve reliability to improve ridership to justify funding to improve service to…
December 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
public transit in metro vancouver needing more funding to improve transit service to improve reliability to improve ridership to justify funding to improve service to…
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Access to opportunity should be what drives all discussions of transit expansion.
That's why we need to be talking about access to opportunity instead of fetishizing rail technologies. The access frame will help pick the great rail projects, but often the answer will be bus projects. It's the path away from expensive magical thinking. 10/10 humantransit.org/basics-acces...
Basics: Access, or the Wall Around Your Life — Human Transit
What if we planned public transit with the goal of freedom? Well, it’s hard to improve things that you can’t measure, but now it’s becoming possible to measure freedom, or as we call it in transport ...
humantransit.org
December 13, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Access to opportunity should be what drives all discussions of transit expansion.
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Our "inexcusably fun" two day course in transit network design comes to Washington DC, Jan 15-16. A great way to explore the challenge of laying out transit service, for advocates and professionals. Please share! humantransit.org/2025/11/our-...
Our Transit Network Design Course Comes to Washington DC — Human Transit
Our firm’s two-day intensive course in transit network design is an “inexcusably fun” way to go deep into how transit networks work and learn the craft of designing them. It’s great not just for work...
humantransit.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Our "inexcusably fun" two day course in transit network design comes to Washington DC, Jan 15-16. A great way to explore the challenge of laying out transit service, for advocates and professionals. Please share! humantransit.org/2025/11/our-...
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An astonishing percentage of Americans are open to car-free living.
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living — Human Transit
Is Americans a “car culture” or are they “car dependent”? Do they drive because they love driving, or are they in an unhealthy relationship with a substance it would be happy to do without? Obviousl...
humantransit.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
An astonishing percentage of Americans are open to car-free living.
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
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Working to change that.
A few thoughts on why the latent popularity of car-free living hasn’t translated to the funding changes necessary to make it possible:
The millions of people who would like to drive less aren’t organized, so elected officials rarely hear from them, allowing the car-dominated status quo to fester.
The millions of people who would like to drive less aren’t organized, so elected officials rarely hear from them, allowing the car-dominated status quo to fester.
An astonishing percentage of Americans are open to car-free living.
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Working to change that.
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People using transit deserve dignity and this isn't it.
This is what we're dealing with in the transit hinterland of Bloomington, MN.
December 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
People using transit deserve dignity and this isn't it.
Transit news from Montreal
1️⃣ What is fare-capping?
"Instead of buying a pass for a fixed cost, riders will pay as they go until they reach a certain number of trips, then each ride after that is free."
#transit #publictransit #Montreal
1️⃣ What is fare-capping?
"Instead of buying a pass for a fixed cost, riders will pay as they go until they reach a certain number of trips, then each ride after that is free."
#transit #publictransit #Montreal
Should public transit rides in Montreal be free after a certain number of trips?
With fare capping, Metro and bus users who rely on monthly passes would no longer have to pay the full cost upfront — a model already used in other cities and soon to be introduced in Toronto. Instead...
www.cbc.ca
December 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Transit news from Montreal
1️⃣ What is fare-capping?
"Instead of buying a pass for a fixed cost, riders will pay as they go until they reach a certain number of trips, then each ride after that is free."
#transit #publictransit #Montreal
1️⃣ What is fare-capping?
"Instead of buying a pass for a fixed cost, riders will pay as they go until they reach a certain number of trips, then each ride after that is free."
#transit #publictransit #Montreal
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“Automobiles are the most inefficient and costly form of public transportation.” —Lewis Mumford, 1957.
December 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“Automobiles are the most inefficient and costly form of public transportation.” —Lewis Mumford, 1957.
Who (besides me) would be interested in learning what happens when an entire nation removes virtually all of its minimum parking mandates?
It's now been three years since #NewZealand abolished these costly regulations. What's happened since?
It's now been three years since #NewZealand abolished these costly regulations. What's happened since?
December 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Just updated my timeless piece on the math of Park-and-Ride. humantransit.org/basics-the-m...
Basics: The Math of Park-and-Ride — Human Transit
There is a lot of confusion out there about Park-and-Ride. Is it necessary for ridership? Are motorists entitled to it? Can it last forever? Let’s start with the basic math. Really great transit ge...
humantransit.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Just updated my timeless piece on the math of Park-and-Ride. humantransit.org/basics-the-m...
"Success is not measured by the number of transit lines. They need to be appealing to attract lots of riders. They must be affordable, come often, have enough space on board, go to the right places and, crucially, get to their destination quickly."
#transit #publictransit
#transit #publictransit
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"Success is not measured by the number of transit lines. They need to be appealing to attract lots of riders. They must be affordable, come often, have enough space on board, go to the right places and, crucially, get to their destination quickly."
#transit #publictransit
#transit #publictransit
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Do you find yourself in conversations with people who like to talk about how "they would never ride a bus" or who worry about "bus stigma"? I was just reminded of this 2017 article of mine, which tries to blow all that nonsense away. Hope you find it useful.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Why We Should Stop Talking About 'Bus Stigma'
Obsessing over trying to serve different economic classes on mass transit misses the point.
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Do you find yourself in conversations with people who like to talk about how "they would never ride a bus" or who worry about "bus stigma"? I was just reminded of this 2017 article of mine, which tries to blow all that nonsense away. Hope you find it useful.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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#Calgary - #Banff train idea submitted to Major Projects Office
I think it's a fine idea except for one problem: it's a *hydrogen* train.
We have proven low-carbon rail tech: it's called overhead catenary. Not fossil-fuel greenwashing, but good ol' E-lec-tric-it-y! ⚡
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I think it's a fine idea except for one problem: it's a *hydrogen* train.
We have proven low-carbon rail tech: it's called overhead catenary. Not fossil-fuel greenwashing, but good ol' E-lec-tric-it-y! ⚡
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Calgary-Banff rail idea pitched to Major Projects Office, province not yet on board | CBC News
A proposal for a hydrogen-powered passenger rail connecting Calgary and Banff has been submitted to the federal government in the hopes of having it fast-tracked.
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
#Calgary - #Banff train idea submitted to Major Projects Office
I think it's a fine idea except for one problem: it's a *hydrogen* train.
We have proven low-carbon rail tech: it's called overhead catenary. Not fossil-fuel greenwashing, but good ol' E-lec-tric-it-y! ⚡
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I think it's a fine idea except for one problem: it's a *hydrogen* train.
We have proven low-carbon rail tech: it's called overhead catenary. Not fossil-fuel greenwashing, but good ol' E-lec-tric-it-y! ⚡
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The replies to this are really interesting. It looks like parts of America are really leading the way in using parking policy to give people options not to drive
WORKPLACE PARKING. Has anyone heard of an employer paying people a daily sum, which if you drove went towards your parking space and if you didn't drive went into your pocket? I'm sure I've heard of somewhere doing this, but cannot remember where I heard it
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The replies to this are really interesting. It looks like parts of America are really leading the way in using parking policy to give people options not to drive
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"Public transit isn’t a luxury or a niche concern. It’s the backbone of a modern economy and a livable country. Carney still has time to change course to protect and strengthen the Canada Public Transit Fund and transit systems across the country, not leave them vulnerable to cuts."
Read our op-ed⬇️
Read our op-ed⬇️
Public transit is nation-building. Our federal budget should reflect that
If the federal government truly believes in building communities that work for everyone, it needs to stop treating transit as secondary and start treating it as what it is: vital national infrastructu...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"Public transit isn’t a luxury or a niche concern. It’s the backbone of a modern economy and a livable country. Carney still has time to change course to protect and strengthen the Canada Public Transit Fund and transit systems across the country, not leave them vulnerable to cuts."
Read our op-ed⬇️
Read our op-ed⬇️