Commuting via transit in Metro Vancouver takes the longest in Canada, U.S.
Posted December 18, 2024 7:10 am.
Commuting by transit takes longer in Metro Vancouver than anywhere else in Canada and the United States.
That’s according to a global study which suggests a typical bus and train rider in the region is spending 60 minutes on a one-way trip.
The research comes from Moovit, a transit-tracking app, and it is based on data and user experiences in major cities around the world.
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO 1130 NEWSRADIO VANCOUVER LIVE!If you add up those hour-long commutes, the study says a typical rider would spend one year and eight months riding transit in Metro Vancouver over their lifetime.
With Vancouver ranked the longest transit commute in the Canada-U.S. region, the company says Toronto is No. 2 at 55 minutes, followed by Miami at 52 minutes.
The worst city for lengthy transit commutes globally is Mexico City, with a typical 67-minute commute.
The study also asked app users what it would take to get them to take transit more often.
The top answers were higher frequency of service, lower fares, and reliable and accurate arrival times.
1130 NewsRadio has reached out to TransLink for its take on the study.
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