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Josh Sankarlal, from Activate Transit Windsor-Essex, joins Meg to talk about the proposed cuts to Transit Windsor in the city’s 2025 budget. Listen to the full segment here

Transit Windsor is facing a revenue deficit of more than half a million dollars this financial quarter — and diminishing usage of the tunnel bus is being cited as a major reason. Nate Hope, a founding member of the citizen advocacy group Activate Transit Windsor Essex, feels the tunnel bus should be preserved — even if […]

Transit advocacy groups from across the country are joining forces for Transit Action Week, calling upon the federal government to increase funding through the Canada Public Transit Fund. Transit advocacy groups from across the country are joining forces for Transit Action Week, calling upon the federal government to increase funding through the Canada Public Transit […]

CBC Windsor – November 4, 2021 “A new group that wants to see better public transit in Windsor wants to know what people think of the service right now. Activate Transit Windsor Essex formally launched Wednesday with a survey. Group members were out on buses and at the terminals encouraging transit users to fill out the questionnaire, though […]

Rose City Politics Podcast – November 3, 2021 A jam-packed, supersized show this week as Jon and Doug are joined by Julian Villafuerte and Jessica Bondy of Activate Transit Windsor-Essex to talk about their new initiative. This show also features an interview with Ward 3 Councillor Rino Bortolin on the changes coming to Riverside Drive […]

Windsor Star report about launch of new Transit advocacy group – November 3, 2021 “Activate Transit Windsor Essex, a new collective of volunteers, is hoping to start advocating for changes that would make transit a more accessible, convenient and sustainable option for everyone.”   Read the full article here Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star