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We love our transit don't we folks (hexbear.net)
submitted 6 days ago by sexywheat@hexbear.net to c/urbanism@hexbear.net
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More and more people are saying this.

NGL these are some pretty astounding stats, especially considering how car-brained most of Canada is. Even so, our transit usage (in major cities) completely eclipses the yanks (I have not independently verified these stats but the user seems knowledgeable enough that I did not bother).

Taken from a reddit-logo thread from /r/fuckcars on the topic of obesity rates between different states/provinces (the consensus was that while there are other factors at play such as diet, car-dependency seems to be the overall defining factor for obesity rates).

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[-] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 38 points 6 days ago

I think part of the problem in C*nada is that we compare our transit systems to the US. I hear people saying absolute bullshit like "Canadian city X has incredible transit" and every time I'm like what the fuck are you talking about. And every time I mention Europe or Asia they just shrug off like obviously our transit is not on the same planet as these places but for some reason they seem completely unphased like of course you're supposed to grade Canada on a curve for some unknown reason

[-] AFineWayToDie@hexbear.net 33 points 6 days ago

"At least we're not as bad as America" is the closest thing Canada has to a national identity.

[-] sexywheat@hexbear.net 20 points 6 days ago

yea

The only way our country gets away with the state of our health care "system" and basically everything else (police brutality, racism, and so on ... )

[-] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

something something pOPuLaTiOn DEnSiTy like there aren't a shitload of rail and lightrail lines through the Alps and Himalayas where no one lives.

[-] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago

Like all our population centres are basically on a straightish line, mostly with no mountains.

You could drop a single high-speed rail line from Edmonton to Halifax and connect half the country's population within 12 hours of each other with no problem. I'm not sure how high speed a rail you could cook up between Vancouver and Calgary but the rest should be an obvious project.

[-] sexywheat@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It's actually way easier (and cheaper) than that. Half the country's population lives in a straight fucking line between Windsor and Quebec City.

Obligatory Rick Mercer high speed rail study video (which itself is 12 years old)

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[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago

I'm not sure how high speed a rail you could cook up between Vancouver and Calgary but the rest should be an obvious project.

Giant tunnel through the rockies.

[-] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 30 points 6 days ago

What on Earth wtyp

[-] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 21 points 6 days ago

26 competing companies with little regard to scheduling conflicts and route redundancy. Good lord just delete America and start over

[-] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 20 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Foothill transit, Monticello bus, Long Beach transit, Pasadena transit, Hollywood bowl shuttle, Cerritos on wheels, Baldwin transit, Norwalk bus, Alhambra community transit, Bellflower bus, Anaheim bus network just to name a few.

[-] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Statements made up by the utterly deranged

[-] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 19 points 6 days ago

Wait until you find out that some of these agencies are contracted to private firms and the only thing keeping them from being absolutely cruel to the drivers is the ATU (some agencies may or may not be unionized or privately contracted but I'm too tired to check all six billion LA county agencies)

The rabbit hole of transportation being contracted to private firms is long winded, ridiculous, and not to the surprise of most comrades, typical of corporate shenanigans

[-] Chronicon@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

ooh ooh I have a great showcase for this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53kvD3DV-cA

Somehow it's arguably worse than that quote makes it sound. Just scrub around in that video and every last one is just the worst

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[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 26 points 6 days ago

I’m curious how bad those burgerland numbers get if you exclude the NYC metro area.

[-] sexywheat@hexbear.net 29 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

yea

All the people in this picture could fit into one (1) train

Edit: Two trains, going opposite directions

[-] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 15 points 6 days ago

just one more lane bro

[-] Blep@hexbear.net 22 points 6 days ago

I will not stop complaining about the state of transit here, even if the us manages to somehow fumble its way into being even more dogshit

[-] cricbuzz@hexbear.net 18 points 6 days ago

Is it bad that as a USian reading these stats, I'm kind of like "damn I didn't think there'd be that many public transit trips in Texas and Florida!"

I'm completely carbrained

[-] jack@hexbear.net 18 points 6 days ago

Yeah I've been to Montreal, Vancouver, and Toronto and they all smash every American city except NYC and maybe Chicago.

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[-] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 days ago

Now I'm wondering how Mexico compares. But not enough to look it up myself

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