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GO Transit: How Commuter Rail Subsidizes Suburbia

Not Just Bikes · Explainer · 16 min · 2021 · YouTube title: The Trains that Subsidize Suburbia - GO Transit Commuter Rail
Why it's here

Cited in transit debates to show the cost and low utilization of commuter rail and the case for dense housing around stations.

What it covers

Not Just Bikes examines Toronto's GO Transit commuter rail, arguing it is a costly system with park-and-ride stations and rush-hour-only service that subsidizes car-dependent suburbs.