public transit
Want to arrive at work in a brighter mood? Hang up those car keys and put on your walking shoes. A study published in Preventative Medicine has found that people who stopped driving to work and instead walked, cycled, or took public transit benefited from improved wellbeing at work. In … Read More
Celebrating 150 years of service earlier this year, the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) has come a long way since its origins in the 1880s. Passengers can currently see a retrospective on antiquated trains and transit infrastructure in the Place-des-Arts metro station, where dozens of oversized photographs chart STM’s … Read More
When Naheed Nenshi campaigned for Mayor of Calgary in 2010, one of the focal points of his campaign’s platform was to make Calgary Transit a better option for our city’s commuters. “All you have to do is try to use it and you will immediately see that it’s not about … Read More
Last week I wondered at the possibility of a congestion charge. It’s an instant tax that would be levied against private drivers entering the centre of cluttered Canadian cities. It’s been practiced in London England since 2003 – a daring experiment and surprising success. But here? It’s probably pie in … Read More
