Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bikes-the-trains-that-subsidize-suburbia-go-transit-commuter-rail Commuter rail is a rail system designed to bring people from the suburbs into a central business district for work. But is it really an efficient transit system, or just another subsidy provided to car-dependent suburbanites? This video explores commuter rail in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), the train system known as "GO Transit." Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1G0Lyh3uik Sign up to Nebula and watch ad-free and sponsor-free: https://go.nebula.tv/notjustbikes Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes Twitter: https://twitter.com/notjustbikes Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/notjustbikes One-time donations: https://notjustbikes.com/donate NJB Live (my bicycle livestream channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9v57F4xz46KaDsvWfCv8yw Check out RMTransit for more videos about TRAINS!!!!! null Specifically, this playlist about the future of GO Transit:    • Building Toronto's Regional Rail   --- References & Additional Reading Thumbnail images: Municipal Affairs and Housing, CC BY 3.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/ontariomah/24320665437 By Richard Sunichura, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38050704 GO Train Commuting statistics https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330133451_Commuting_Mode_Shares_in_the_Commuter_Rail_Catchment_Areas_Trends_Status_and_the_Role_of_Policy_Interventions_in_the_Case_of_GO_Transit_in_Greater_Toronto GO Transit System Map By Natural RX - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65767880 Historical GO Train footage: Dirt Roads to Freeways … And All That (ca. 1970s) Archives of Ontario [YouTube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY5fg0RACd8 GO Transit Launch: 1967/Lancement de GO Transit en 1967 GO Transit [YouTube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbp9nWbGxEE Toronto Parking Authority Statistics: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/accountability-operations-customer-service/city-administration/city-managers-office/agencies-corporations/agencies/toronto-parking-authority/ Citadel Rock butte, Green River, Wyoming, (1868) By Andrew J. Russell, Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder ID ppmsca.03147., Public Domain https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4458664 Trestle on Central Pacific Railroad (1877) By Carleton Watkins (1829-1916) - Getty Center, Public Domain https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21995753 Railroad Maps, 1828 to 1900 - Land Grants https://www.loc.gov/collections/railroad-maps-1828-to-1900/articles-and-essays/history-of-railroads-and-maps/land-grants/ By Danielle Scott - originally posted to Flickr as GO Cabcar 237, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10007821 By Scott Santoro - http://scottsantoro.blogspot.ca/2010/04/going-to-toronto-zoo.html, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31921748 --- Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:07 VIA Rail 0:40 Let's GOOOOOOOOO! 1:16 Riding the GO 2:38 The History of GO Transit 3:14 The Success and Failure of GO 4:18 The Insanity of Commuter Rail 6:01 Non-Commuting Trips Aren't Possible 7:02 Parking as a Subsidy 9:20 The Future of GO Transit 10:19 Bloomington GO 13:13 What is the Purpose of Transit? 14:49 Conclusion 15:12 Patreon Shout-out 15:26 Outtro