Greyhound Canada closure will be a ‘disaster’ for rural communities, experts say: According to Matti Siemiatycki, Interim Director of the School of
Cities at the University of Toronto, some of Canada’s most remote and
impoverished communities are likely to be among those feeling the
compounded effects wrought over the lack of accessible and affordable
transportation.

“People who are low income, often students, are
most dependent on intercity bus, as well as seniors who may be using it
to go visit family or to get to appointments in cities as well as
Indigenous people travelling in the north or remote communities,” said
Siemiatycki.

“So this will have a knock-on effect on those
travellers who are already the most disadvantaged and it actually even
extends the struggles for connecting smaller communities.”

Greyhound Canada closure will be a ‘disaster’ for rural communities, experts say: According to Matti Siemiatycki, Interim Director of the School of
Cities at the University of Toronto, some of Canada’s most remote and
impoverished communities are likely to be among those feeling the
compounded effects wrought over the lack of accessible and affordable
transportation.“People who are low income, often students, are
most dependent on intercity bus, as well as seniors who may be using it
to go visit family or to get to appointments in cities as well as
Indigenous people travelling in the north or remote communities,” said
Siemiatycki.“So this will have a knock-on effect on those
travellers who are already the most disadvantaged and it actually even
extends the struggles for connecting smaller communities.”Read More