Dr. Willem Klumpenhouwer, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Transit Analytics Lab, comments on the situation in Cobourg, Ontario where commuters who relied on Via Rail service pre-pandemic now have no option but to drive for at least part of their commute due to service cuts.
Klumpenhouwer says that reducing service because of low ridership is short-sighted and can create a “negative feedback loop” where fewer and fewer will opt to take mass transit because of limited service.
Read “Cobourg commuters demand Via Rail reinstate ‘essential’ train service as they head back to the office,” CBC News, December 15, 2021.