Important first steps to build a 21st century transit network

To ensure investments in transit succeed, federal policy-makers must prevent existing service from disappearing while bringing local land use policy along for the ride.

New transit infrastructure can also yield better results when paired with better land use policy, writes Matthew Palm, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto Scarborough.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY Matt Palm

November 14, 2022

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a wave of punditry announcing the imminent death of public transit. On the eve of 2023, these forecasts appear naïve. Federal policy-makers have thankfully avoided turning such prognostications into self-fulfilling prophecies by providing financial assis...

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