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The Trains that Subsidize Suburbia - GO Transit Commuter Rail

Not Just Bikes · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Transit, cities & urban planning

What it is

Not Just Bikes examines Toronto's GO Transit commuter rail, arguing it is a costly system with park-and-ride stations and rush-hour-only service that subsidizes car-dependent suburbs.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in transit debates to show the cost and low utilization of commuter rail and the case for dense housing around stations.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “explored more on the NotJustBikes YouTube Channel”

    Shows GO Transit's station parking waste and rush-hour-only service.

    jodrellblank, 2023-08 · Recommendation · in “Texas could get a bullet train between Houston and Dallas”

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Topics: go transit, commuter rail, park and ride, toronto, urbanism

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