Edmonton - Oil industry wants public transit to be as unpleasant as possible

This morning I witnessed Edmonton transit cops hauling people off of trains and ticketing them for not having money.

It was an exercise in humiliation. Indigenous people (it seemed) bore the brunt.

I felt a sense of outrage at how our system treats its most vulnerable people. pic.twitter.com/2lG0315yJp

— Conrad Nobert (@conradnobert) January 28, 2020

Alberta, Canada - St. Albert mayor considering #freepublictransit

During a committee discussion around a free transit pilot for seniors, Heron asked her council colleagues if they would be willing to support making St. Albert’s bus system fare-free for local routes.
“It would cost us, but maybe that's something we need to look at,” Heron told the Gazette during a year-end interview last week. “Every time you get one person on the bus, that's one car off the road.”

... If council approves the seniors transit pilot, seniors would join youth as the second demographic the city is targeting to test-drive free local transit. The youth pilot began last March, and during budget deliberations council decided to extend it until the end of 2020, which is estimated to cost $19,000.
Ridership among youth has more than tripled since the pilot began, increasing from 1,400 trips per month before the pilot to 5,980 trips per month.

https://www.stalberttoday.ca/local-news/examining-the-merits-of-free-rides-for-all-2020294? 

#freetransit is Edmonton's future

@CityofEdmonton @aaronpaquette @doniveson #FreeTransit needs to be part of the vision for the future, as well as enhancing the current service levels, so that private car use moves down to lower levels. The #YebBikeGrid moved a lot of people to try #ActiveTransport https://t.co/NsNaMbxOAz

— EllenJoanneCampbell (@ElleninSaigon) January 16, 2020

Harassing transit users at -35C

-35 is too damn cold to keep people from getting safely to their destination. 😠 If #yegTransit is ticketing for fares today that is literally putting people's lives at risk. #yegWinter #FreeTransit https://t.co/VzrwMcsbhI

— Jeff Samsonow (@jeffsamsonow) January 14, 2020

Free Transit Edmonton -- now on Twitter

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