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Transit riders in marginalized Vancouver neighbourhoods face more heat on their trips, thesis finds

Passengers lining up to board a TransLink bus on West Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver

Transit riders from marginalized communities in Vancouver face much more heat on their trips than other riders, according to a new master’s thesis from Western University. In a second case study, bus delays in Washington, D.C., added the most heat

Patchwork Rules Leave Disabled Transit Riders in Canada and the U.S. Unevenly Protected, Study Finds

A person in a wheelchair on the lift of an accessible transit vehicle

Who counts as disabled depends on where you’re standing at the bus stop. A new comparative study of public transit rules in Canada and the United States finds that the definition of disability changes from one jurisdiction to the next.

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