Public Transit Doesn't Have to Suck

In the US and Canada, public transit is seen as unreliable, inconvenient, and outright dangerous. Due to the car-centric nature of North American cities, driving is the norm and cars get prioritized over every other form of transit. This leads to negligence and lack of funding for public transit, causing a generational loss of knowledge and support for building it. In this video I explain why transit is important for the health and function of cities, and how it can make our communities more sustainable, equitable, and accessible.

➜ References & Further Reading:
How longer commutes affect mental health:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=408220

Do Your Buses Get Stuck in Traffic? Traffic solutions & the Downs-Thomson Paradox
   • Do Your Buses Get Stuck in Traffic? Traffi...  

A Lesson on Induced Demand | Why Your Public Transit Matters
   • A Lesson on Induced Demand | Why Your Publ...  

The Causes of Traffic and Congestion
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/10/2/does-new-dev…

America Always Gets This Wrong (when building transit)
   • America Always Gets This Wrong (when build...  

Good Transit Needs More Than Frequent Buses
   • Good Transit Needs More Than Frequent Buses  

You Don't Need Population Density to "Justify" Mass Transit
   • You Don't Need Population Density to "Just...  

China’s metro station in the middle of nowhere
www.cnn.com/travel/article/chongqing-china-metro-s…

Walksheds show planners how easily people can walk to transit
www.mwcog.org/newsroom/2019/07/16/walksheds-show-p…

You Don’t Have to Be Afraid of Public Transit
www.vice.com/en/article/3aq948/you-dont-have-to-be…

How America's Failing Public Transportation Increases Inequality
www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/05/stran…

Waiting for a bus that takes forever: Welcome to Toronto’s ‘transit desert’
www.thestar.com/news/gta/waiting-for-a-bus-that-ta…

Access Walking Distance, Transit Use, and Transit-Oriented Development in North York City Center, Toronto, Canada
www.researchgate.net/publication/245563687_Access_…

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Chapters
0:00 Good transit matters
1:21 Why transit is neglected
2:37 Toronto is stupid again
3:42 china haha xi jinping haha communism haha
4:18 Meanwhile in America....
4:59 Transit deserts
6:18 Driving to the train station?!!
7:21 Transit Oriented Development
8:17 china bad xd communism xd haha lol
8:35 The Niagara Ghost Town
8:55 Transit is improving

-flurf
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