Show Notes
It's our first step! Rodney Chan of TriTAG and Denis Agar of Movement have come together to discuss transit advocacy in Canada. Rodney brings up the new Line 6 Finch West LRT that just opened in Toronto and how its shortcomings are bringing transit priority front and centre at city hall.
As well, Denis and Rodney have a conversation about how they ended up in the transit planning and urbanism scene plus how they both have contributed to being micro-celebrities on social media.
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Denis promoting a new bus service for Metro Vancouver - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eltnLcyP8AU [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eltnLcyP8AU&pp=ygURZGVuaXMgdGhlIHBsYW5uZXI%3D] Steve Munro Blog Post on TTC Board discussion on Line 6 Finch West LRT - https://stevemunro.ca/2025/12/10/ttc-board-debates-finch-lrt/ Motion to speed up light rail transit and street cars - https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.MM35.15 Results of the motion - https://bsky.app/profile/graphicmatt.com/post/3ma4xkekyhk2o
Tri-Cities Transport Action Group (TriTAG) - https://tritag.ca Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders - https://movementyvr.ca/
Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/dwelltime.ca
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Sorry for the lateness of this episode. We decided to push this one out a few weeks extra since Denis is going to be busy with two elections a week apart in British Columbia taking up a majority of his time.
We're joined by Arden English, who is an undergraduate student studying planning at Simon Fraser University. He also produces educational videos on his YouTube channel "The Greater Discussions" covering topics around city planning and transportation within the context of British Columbia and has also been collaborating with the CBC Creator Network, bringing his YouTube style to a national audience.
Emily Stremel of Edmonton Transit Riders (ETR) joins us in how transit advocacy came to be in Alberta's capital city and the challenges and strengths the region has in making transit great for everyone. We also learn about her insights into the music scene in Toronto and Montréal.
Advocacy matters and it can lead to wins even with losses elsewhere.