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Canadian cities cutting transit services could cause ‘death spiral,’ researcher warns

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Canadian cities should be nimble and prioritize service if they want to sustain and strengthen public transit systems in a time of declining ridership and labour challenges, a transit researcher says.

While cities like Montreal and Halifax are reducing bus routes to save money or deal with staff shortages, a transit and rail research consultant and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto says these decisions contribute to a transportation “death spiral.” Read more: Canada’s public transit systems facing ‘crisis’ of violence.

What can be done? “There are two negative feedback loops going on in transit,” Willem Klumpenhouwer said in a recent interview.

When routes are cut and transit is less frequent or convenient, ridership declines. When there are fewer riders paying fares, cities lose income and are inclined to further reduce routes. “Then you have a death spiral, as people call it,” he said.

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