This is awesome. When I was in highschool, we were given transit passes instead of having a yellow bus service.
Not only did it eliminate the need for a yellow bus fleet/network; we as students got a whole bunch of mobility and agency out of the deal. Most the students I knew when to sports, events, and meet-ups by public transit. I had a solid mental map of damn near every bus route in my city!
Edit: I also didn’t even get a driver’s licence until 20-something, all my suburbia friends were
driving aroundstuck in traffic from from the age of 17.My university had free transit. Between that, walking, and biking, I really only needed a car to get home.
I aspire to get back to a place where a car is purely optional.
Which city was this
Ottawa, Canada.
Man Canada seems to be getting really good with public transport, especially with the REM system coming out
When I was in Ottawa, they had a segregated bus only highway. It was great when I was there. It got replaced with a train, due to it being overcrowded; that has had mixed reactions, but I can’t speak to it.
I’m in Montréal now. The REM sounds good, and I’m looking forward to full operations (it’s only 4ish stops right now). Montréal is still very much a car city, but we have good systems and there has been good incremental progress even while I’ve been here. I personally have some complaints about the amount of funding going into high infrastructure, but the cost is probably less than maintaining the old stuff. Montréals big advantage is it has lots of medium density in most the arrondissements; which is great for transit, walking, and micromobility.
Is the REM system considered High infrastructure?
I’m not sure what high infrastructure means?
Do you mean elevated? Mostly yes, with some grade and a tunnel through the mountain.
Do you mean the patrons? Probably, weed has been legal here a while.
I was very grateful to have RTD growing up.
This kind of policy is great news!
