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SUMMARY:What is ‘public’ about public transportation? The question of accessibility
DESCRIPTION:What is ‘public’ about public transportation? The question of accessibility\n27 February 2026, 10:00 - 11:30 am EST | Register Here\nAlthough ‘the public’ in public transportation is rarely defined or interrogated, discourses about public transportation are shot through with assumptions about public space, public goods, and public life. Who is the ‘public’ of public transportation? To what extent do existing public transportation offerings provide universal, accessible, sustainable, and democratic urban mobility?\nIn this panel, researchers from different disciplines whose work is grounded in questions of dis/ability share some of their research and thoughts on how we should frame and explore accessibility in public transportation as a question of urban politics.\nSpeakers\n\nRon Buliung, Geography, University of Toronto\nMahtot Gebresselassie, EUC, York University\nAimi Hamraie, Social Science, York University\nCommentary from James Perttula, Director of Transportation Planning, City of Toronto\n\nThis event is organized by the CIVIS research cluster ( https://www.yorku.ca/research/robarts/research-clusters/civis/ ) at the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies and co-sponsored by the CITY Institute ( https://yorku.ca/cityinstitute/ ). The event will be supported with live captioning. Please contact robarts@yorku.ca for any access needs.\n
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