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The State Of Public Transit

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This week on TPL Media, hosts Mike Wixson and Bradie Whetham take a hard look at the growing cracks in Canada’s transportation system.

From cancelled and poorly maintained routes on GO Transit to rising ticket costs and service concerns with all transit, Canadians are feeling the strain of a system that’s supposed to keep the country moving. Add in soaring domestic flight prices from major carriers like Air Canada and WestJet, and affordable travel between cities is becoming harder than ever.

Meanwhile, ambitious light rail transit (LRT) projects in cities like Toronto, Ottawa, and Edmonton face delays, cost overruns, and public frustration as promised infrastructure struggles to cross the finish line.

Is this a temporary setback, or a systemic failure decades in the making? And most importantly; What would it take to fix it?

Tune in for a candid conversation on why transit in Canada is at a tipping point, and what happens next.

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