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Definitely want to do a thread on @EnglishRail's presentation on transit in suburbia. A wealth of lessons for the US #TransitCon
During Toronto's metropolitan incorporation, the outer suburbs actually demanded better transit on the level of the city. Jonathan's finding is that Toronto reversed ridership decreases precisely during period of suburban transit expansion
Fred Gardiner (of Gardiner Expy fame): Robert Moses but for transit!
Toronto's 60's service expansion defied the predictions of financial naysayers, even projecting a surplus
Places like these in the GTA regularly get 20-30% transit mode share. US transit managers told English this would get almost no service/mode share here
Cannot understate how important transit agency service standards are.
oh man, the classic comparison of York Mills vs like any other US postwar subway station. Just comical
"The only way you can fill a rapid transit line is to embed it in a network of frequent local transit"
Two last images. In the second, we can see that major ridership increases only lag service increases by like a year or less!! Where is this modeling, these assumptions in US transit agencies?
Member from Brampton's advisory cmte says that Brampton Transit experienced an immediate positive feedback loop, and routes are now meeting capacity. Adopted a frequent grid layout.
