TTC to reverse service cuts on 33 routes in the GTA
Reversing former mayor Rob Ford’s decision to slash the municipal budget by decreasing transit service, Mayor John Tory and TTC Chair Josh Colle have announced service improvements on the city’s 33...
View ArticleFederal Transit Administration awards 21 TOD Planning Awards in pilot program
Last week the US Federal Transit Administration Transit-Oriented Planning Pilot Program awarded 21 grants for comprehensive planning work in 17 municipalities across the country. A total of $19.5...
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Halifax Transit developing new plan and real-time data
In this proposal, the existing buses are reallocated to expand the frequent transit network Jarrett Walker’s blog shows the existing frequent transit network in Auckland (www.humantransit.org)...
View ArticleHalifax Transit offers discounted passes to low-income riders
Many cities offer free or discounted transit passes for the low-income population, which can include seniors and students. Vancouver’s TransLink offers seniors lower-priced travel in the evenings and...
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Dalhousie students host SHIFT conference March 3-4
I’m pleased to announce this year’s planning conference organized by the Dalhousie School of Planning students. Their theme this year is public transit, and the guest speakers include transit experts...
View ArticleCanadian cities benefit from much-needed transit funding
On March 22, the federal budget was announced, including $2.2 billion over the next 11 years to cities for transit projects, part of $11.9 million that would be allocated to infrastructure. The Liberal...
View ArticleShould your transit agency partner with Uber?
Municipal authorities are not exactly known for being innovative in public transit provision. That’s what makes Innisfil, Ontario “revolutionary”, according to Ben Spurr’s article in the Toronto Star....
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Planning in the pandemic
Graph of the COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 18. https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en As COVID-19 ravages the globe, we have an unusual opportunity to ask ourselves: how do cities function in...
View ArticleTransit-Oriented Development: Learning from International Case Studies has...
Thanks to all your support, my newest book (with co-author Luca Bertolini) has already been downloaded 500 times as of this week! I appreciate the support and really hope some of the strategies,...
View ArticleJoin us today for panels on rural broadband, parks, and rural transit!
Today’s SHIFT: Connect Panels featured speakers on services and infrastructure, and the way organizations have adapted service delivery during COVID. At 12pm ADT, our rural broadband panel (Rob...
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