Apparently bikes have an even lower rolling resistance than (some) train cars: https://what-if.xkcd.com/154/ (Note 7)
In other news, though this focuses on the US (what doesn't) I think a lot of it applies to Canadian cities as well:
Most notably I appreciate the citation of the 2015 study "The Impacts of Neighborhoods[sic] on Intergenerational Mobility" by Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren which found that access to public transportation greatly increased the chances of someone escaping poverty.
Also, the uncited claim that streetcar networks are now making money again in the US not because of fare collection, but because of the economic development they spur.
What it misses is considering bus routes as public transit. It seems sensible to me that bus routes are lower-order public transit, but transit they still are. They shouldn't be ignored.
In other news, though this focuses on the US (what doesn't) I think a lot of it applies to Canadian cities as well:
Most notably I appreciate the citation of the 2015 study "The Impacts of Neighborhoods[sic] on Intergenerational Mobility" by Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren which found that access to public transportation greatly increased the chances of someone escaping poverty.
Also, the uncited claim that streetcar networks are now making money again in the US not because of fare collection, but because of the economic development they spur.
What it misses is considering bus routes as public transit. It seems sensible to me that bus routes are lower-order public transit, but transit they still are. They shouldn't be ignored.