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All too often in Canada, public transportation is neither here nor there. Literally. Last month, Greyhound Lines stopped running what remained of its bus services in Canada, having already withdrawn from the Western provinces three years earlier. The resulting intercity transportation void has far greater impact than you might think, and makes it clear why Canada needs a national, publicly funded transportation system.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Jacob Albin Korem Alhassan and Lori Hanson of the University of Saskatchewan and Cindy Hanson of the University of Regina discuss how transportation affects health, inequality, climate, economics and accessibility, noting that “Treating transportation as an essential service and mobility as a human right would go far in eliminating existing inequalities.”
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Patricia Nicholson
Health + Medicine Editor
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Greyhound has permanently shut down its intercity bus service in Canada.
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Jacob Albin Korem Alhassan, University of Saskatchewan; Cindy Hanson, University of Regina; Lori Hanson, University of Saskatchewan
Many communities in Canada currently lack intercity and regional transportation. A national public transportation system would improve connectedness between cities and access to essential services.
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