The Trains that Subsidize Suburbia - GO Transit Commuter Rail
Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bikes-the-trains-that-subsidize-suburbia-go-transit-commuter-rail
Commuter rail is a rail system designed to bring people from the suburbs into a central business district for work. But is it really an efficient transit system, or just another subsidy provided to car-dependent suburbanites? This video explores commuter rail in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), the train system known as "GO Transit."
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1G0Lyh3uik
Sign up to Nebula and watch ad-free and sponsor-free: https://go.nebula.tv/notjustbikes
Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes
Twitter: https://twitter.com/notjustbikes
Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/notjustbikes
One-time donations: https://notjustbikes.com/donate
NJB Live (my bicycle livestream channel):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9v57F4xz46KaDsvWfCv8yw
Check out RMTransit for more videos about TRAINS!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/c/RMTransit
Specifically, this playlist about the future of GO Transit:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwoYcvp1EGSdOqd3WAN14FvTtd0sdtiJL
---
References & Additional Reading
Thumbnail images:
Municipal Affairs and Housing, CC BY 3.0,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ontariomah/24320665437
By Richard Sunichura, CC BY 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38050704
GO Train Commuting statistics
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330133451_Commuting_Mode_Shares_in_the_Commuter_Rail_Catchment_Areas_Trends_Status_and_the_Role_of_Policy_Interventions_in_the_Case_of_GO_Transit_in_Greater_Toronto
GO Transit System Map
By Natural RX - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65767880
Historical GO Train footage:
Dirt Roads to Freeways … And All That (ca. 1970s)
Archives of Ontario [YouTube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY5fg0RACd8
GO Transit Launch: 1967/Lancement de GO Transit en 1967
GO Transit [YouTube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbp9nWbGxEE
Toronto Parking Authority Statistics:
https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/accountability-operations-customer-service/city-administration/city-managers-office/agencies-corporations/agencies/toronto-parking-authority/
Citadel Rock butte, Green River, Wyoming, (1868)
By Andrew J. Russell, Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder ID ppmsca.03147., Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4458664
Trestle on Central Pacific Railroad (1877)
By Carleton Watkins (1829-1916) - Getty Center, Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21995753
Railroad Maps, 1828 to 1900 - Land Grants
https://www.loc.gov/collections/railroad-maps-1828-to-1900/articles-and-essays/history-of-railroads-and-maps/land-grants/
By Danielle Scott - originally posted to Flickr as GO Cabcar 237, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10007821
By Scott Santoro - http://scottsantoro.blogspot.ca/2010/04/going-to-toronto-zoo.html, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31921748
---
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:07 VIA Rail
0:40 Let's GOOOOOOOOO!
1:16 Riding the GO
2:38 The History of GO Transit
3:14 The Success and Failure of GO
4:18 The Insanity of Commuter Rail
6:01 Non-Commuting Trips Aren't Possible
7:02 Parking as a Subsidy
9:20 The Future of GO Transit
10:19 Bloomington GO
13:13 What is the Purpose of Transit?
14:49 Conclusion
15:12 Patreon Shout-out
15:26 Outtro
Видео The Trains that Subsidize Suburbia - GO Transit Commuter Rail канала Not Just Bikes
Commuter rail is a rail system designed to bring people from the suburbs into a central business district for work. But is it really an efficient transit system, or just another subsidy provided to car-dependent suburbanites? This video explores commuter rail in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), the train system known as "GO Transit."
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1G0Lyh3uik
Sign up to Nebula and watch ad-free and sponsor-free: https://go.nebula.tv/notjustbikes
Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes
Twitter: https://twitter.com/notjustbikes
Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/notjustbikes
One-time donations: https://notjustbikes.com/donate
NJB Live (my bicycle livestream channel):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9v57F4xz46KaDsvWfCv8yw
Check out RMTransit for more videos about TRAINS!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/c/RMTransit
Specifically, this playlist about the future of GO Transit:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwoYcvp1EGSdOqd3WAN14FvTtd0sdtiJL
---
References & Additional Reading
Thumbnail images:
Municipal Affairs and Housing, CC BY 3.0,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ontariomah/24320665437
By Richard Sunichura, CC BY 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38050704
GO Train Commuting statistics
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330133451_Commuting_Mode_Shares_in_the_Commuter_Rail_Catchment_Areas_Trends_Status_and_the_Role_of_Policy_Interventions_in_the_Case_of_GO_Transit_in_Greater_Toronto
GO Transit System Map
By Natural RX - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65767880
Historical GO Train footage:
Dirt Roads to Freeways … And All That (ca. 1970s)
Archives of Ontario [YouTube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY5fg0RACd8
GO Transit Launch: 1967/Lancement de GO Transit en 1967
GO Transit [YouTube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbp9nWbGxEE
Toronto Parking Authority Statistics:
https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/accountability-operations-customer-service/city-administration/city-managers-office/agencies-corporations/agencies/toronto-parking-authority/
Citadel Rock butte, Green River, Wyoming, (1868)
By Andrew J. Russell, Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder ID ppmsca.03147., Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4458664
Trestle on Central Pacific Railroad (1877)
By Carleton Watkins (1829-1916) - Getty Center, Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21995753
Railroad Maps, 1828 to 1900 - Land Grants
https://www.loc.gov/collections/railroad-maps-1828-to-1900/articles-and-essays/history-of-railroads-and-maps/land-grants/
By Danielle Scott - originally posted to Flickr as GO Cabcar 237, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10007821
By Scott Santoro - http://scottsantoro.blogspot.ca/2010/04/going-to-toronto-zoo.html, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31921748
---
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:07 VIA Rail
0:40 Let's GOOOOOOOOO!
1:16 Riding the GO
2:38 The History of GO Transit
3:14 The Success and Failure of GO
4:18 The Insanity of Commuter Rail
6:01 Non-Commuting Trips Aren't Possible
7:02 Parking as a Subsidy
9:20 The Future of GO Transit
10:19 Bloomington GO
13:13 What is the Purpose of Transit?
14:49 Conclusion
15:12 Patreon Shout-out
15:26 Outtro
Видео The Trains that Subsidize Suburbia - GO Transit Commuter Rail канала Not Just Bikes
Показать
Комментарии отсутствуют
Информация о видео
Другие видео канала
The Best Way to Support Nebula Creators - Lifetime MembershipEven Small Towns are Great Here (5 Years in the Netherlands)Designing Urban Places that Don't SuckHow to Take the Train in Canada 🍁Amsterdam Just Closed their Busiest RoadThe Dumbest Excuse for Bad CitiesA Street Upgrade in Amsterdam (removing cars)I GOT A NEW TRUCK!! (AND A MILLION SUBSCRIBERS!)This Electric Ferry is GreatSki-Friendly Transit in OsloThe Next Great Cycling CityThis Tiny Island has Insane TrafficThese Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing UsAmsterdam Just Got AwesomerBicycles Don't Need Traffic LightsWould You Fall for It? [ST08]Why Amsterdam is Removing 10,000 Parking SpacesThe Great Places Erased by Suburbia (the Third Place)Can Groceries Be Delivered TOO Quickly?!How Toronto Got Addicted to CarsCrossing the Street Shouldn't Be Deadly (but it is)