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@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
2026-02-27 16:33:31

I wonder how many teenage lives could be saved (along with hundreds if not thousands of dollars in travel costs) if Alberta and Canada had a functioning bus/rail intercity public transport system.
But let's not do that... it might upset some car company lobbyist. Best to put 17 year-olds on icy Alberta highways at night after hockey practice.
#Alberta #Canada #Transportation #Safety #Hockey #Rail #Bus #Intercity #PublicTransportation

@joe@toot.works
2025-12-12 18:42:20

Johnny Harris (he doesn't seem to have a presence here) has a really good video out right now on public transportation in Switzerland. "By law, every village in Switzerland, which has people living all year round, they have the right of public transportation. It can be a train, it can be a gondola, it can be a bus. Whatever." That's pretty cool.
#Switzerland #PublicTransportation #JohnnyHarris

@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
2026-02-24 18:35:46

It just annoys me that the implied basis of this story is that there are no other options than air or road/car.
Even though a railway has gone through Castlegar for over 100 years and there also used to be regular Greyhound bus service up until about 20 years ago.
#publictransportation #railway #Canada #bcpoli #Transportation
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