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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦

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A transit (and by extension pedestrian) advocacy group that recognizes the importance of a fast, frequent, and convenient public transportation system, accountable to the public, and accessible to all. transitmatterschtown.ca

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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Final day! What have you learned through this experience? Please keep posting or sending your comments, a story or experience using #WeekWithoutDriving #wwdpei. Or submit to transitmatterspei@gmail.com. We really want to hear from you! Thanks to everyone who participated, especially #drivers! 🚌👣🚶‍♀️🚲
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ariadnesuzet.bsky.social @ariadnesuzet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Amazing day! Success learning to ride a bike and enjoying Farm Day in the City. Cycling PEI crew were the best instructors! I want to keep cycling now, they're so inspiring. And deliciousness was granted by local producers! #WeekWithoutDriving #WWDPEI #Cycling #ConsumeLocal #Sustainability
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Great conversation with Alex from the Climate Action Association about #WeekWithoutDriving, transportation choices, and how #drivers and #nondrivers can participate. Register here: transitmatterschtown.ca/wwd2026 #WWDPEI #WeekWithoutDrivingPEI #Accessibility #MobilityJustice #Biking #Walking
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's not too late for anyone to join. Register here: transitmatterschtown.ca/wwd2026 #WeekWithoutDriving #WWDPEI #WeekWithoutDrivingPEI #Nondrivers #Drivers #TransportationPolicy #Advocacy #Community #Accessibility #CarDependency #MobilityJustice #Transit #Biking #Cycling #Rolling #Walking
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
As key leaders in their #community, elected officials make the decisions in #transportation policies & funding that shape what daily life looks like for their constituents. Invite them to participate and post their experience in any social media platform or submit to transitmatterspei@gmail.com
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#WeekWithoutDriving puts #nondrivers' needs in the spotlight and can contribute to policies that get everyone where they need to go, regardless of how they move. #PEI voters will choose new local councils on November 2. #CarDependency #MobilityJustice #SustainableTransportation
Three people — a tall black man, brown-haired smaller white young woman, and a blonde-hair women (back to viewer) — talking on a lawn with, in the background, a man walking by a green shrub next to a large grey building.
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America Walks @americawalks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#WeekWithoutDriving gains momentum! Hundreds of elected leaders, organizations, and community advocates have pledged to walk, roll, bike, and ride transit to bring awareness to the gaps in our transportation system for nondrivers. Are you on board? There’s still time! Sign up at buff.ly/GJvE4Uy
a photo of people in wheelchairs and with other mobility devices looking at a transit map on a sidewalk with text overlay reading "week without driving is october 1–8, 2026" and "it's about access" with the america walks and nondrivers alliance logos
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Message applies equally to #PEI. Contact your councillor or MLA to demand action, or to let them know what you or your senior or child family members need for safe mobility that doesn’t require driving.
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Getting around your #community, and beyond, can be a challenging task if you're used to always #driving. How easy or difficult was it for you to step outside of your comfort zone and use other modes of #transportation? #WeekWithoutDriving #WWDPEI #PEI #nondrivers #accessibility #mobilityjustice
Interior of T3 transit bus looking out on University Avenue.
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
DAY 4! Walking, rolling, biking, taking the bus are good for your #health, great for the planet and a different way to maintain #social connectedness in your #community and create a greater sense of #belonging. How has #WeekWithoutDriving made you think of interactions with your community? #WWDPEI
Two youth in yellow shirts and black shorts in sport wheelchairs on a basketball court that has an orange surface. The background is grass, field and trees.
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#WeekWithoutDriving #PEI #WWDPEI #PublicTransport #PublicTransportation #PublicTransit #transit #TransitMatters
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Day 3! What have you learned or observed so far? Have you had conversations with others about your experience? It's not too late to register here: transitmatterschtown.ca/wwd2026 #WeekWithoutDriving #WWDPEI #WeekWithoutDrivingPEI #Nondrivers #Drivers #Community #Accessibility #CarDependency #PEI
Black man with white can walking on grassy path with a glass building an
d trees behind him
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
« Il y a 30 % des ménages à Montréal qui n’ont pas de voiture. (...). Il n’y a pas de lobby, pas de pubs pour promouvoir l’absence d’auto. Mais il y a plein de monde dans l’autobus, dans les Communauto, dans les taxis, dans le métro. Ces gens-là, quand on est en voiture, on ne les voit pas. »
lapresse.ca
Ils l’ont fait | Sans voiture, il économise 4000 $ par année
Maxime Tremblay aime les voitures. Il en a possédé 19 au cours de sa vie. Il y a quatre ans, sa mobilité a pris un virage. Métro, vélo, Communauto et Leo : il vit désormais sans voiture personnelle et...
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Day 2! Try going without your car today, even it's for one trip. Document your experience in any social media platform or send an e-mail to transitmatterspei@gmail.com Register here: transitmatterschtown.ca/wwd2026 #WeekWithoutDriving #WeekWithoutDrivingPEI #WWDPEI #Nondrivers #Drivers
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚲 FREE Adult Learn to Ride 📆 Sunday, October 4, 12pm – 2pm 📍MacQueen's Bike Shop, 430 Queen St. For adults who are getting on the bike for the first time ever or the first time in a long time. Register by October 3. www.cyclingpei.org/events/adult-learn-to-ride #WeekWithoutDriving #WWDPEI #Cycling
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Week Without Driving starts today! Sign up, PEI! Document your experience in any social media platform or share your perspective through the website. Register here: transitmatterschtown.ca/wwd2026 #WeekWithoutDriving #WeekWithoutdrivingPEI #WWDPEI #Nondrivers #Drivers #Accessibility
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚲 FREE Adult Learn to Ride 📆 Sunday, October 4, 12pm – 2pm 📍MacQueen's Bike Shop, 430 Queen St. For adults who are getting on the bike for the first time ever or the first time in a long time. Register by October 3. www.cyclingpei.org/events/adult-learn-to-ride #WeekWithoutDriving #WWDPEI #Cycling
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This Thursday, we begin Week Without Driving until Thursday, October 8. Every trip will give you a story to tell and we want to hear yours. Are you ready? #WeekWithoutDriving #WWDPEI #WeekWithoutDrivingPEI #Accessibility #Nondriver #WalkRollRide #MobilityJustice #EveryTripCounts #MobilityForAll
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This Thursday, we begin Week Without Driving until Thursday, October 8. Every trip will give you a story to tell and we want to hear yours. Are you ready? #WeekWithoutDriving #WWDPEI #WeekWithoutDrivingPEI #Accessibility #Nondriver #WalkRollRide #MobilityJustice #EveryTripCounts #MobilityForAll
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Non-drivers make up 30% of the population. Access to work, school, healthcare, food & social life shouldn’t depend on owning a car. People who can’t drive, or can’t afford to drive, should be able to get where they’re going safely, easily & independently. What's your story? #WeekWithoutDriving 
#PEI
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
📆 Friday, September 25 at UPEI, from 2 pm to 4 pm #WeekWithoutDriving is about drivers stepping into the shoes of non-drivers. Join us to learn how you can share your experiences! 
#WeekWithoutDrivingPEI 
#WWDPEI #nondrivers #drivers #cardependency #publictransit #cycling #rolling #walking
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America Walks @americawalks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#WeekWithoutDriving "offers us a chance to build relationships and power... while amplifying our demand for more accessible communities." Anna Zivarts on how transportation access shapes mobility choices for people w/ disabilities, and how WWD helps make systematic barriers visible: buff.ly/Y8fFBgQ
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"To see what it's like to be a Nondriver for a week is so, so powerful." McKenzie Ortiz/ Pedestrian Pride on #WeekWithoutDriving on the @nondriverpodcast.bsky.social
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Reminder for #WeekWithoutDriving information session tomorrow Sat. Sept. 19! Free, and open to all. #WWDPEI #PEI #transit #cycling #biking #rolling #walking #walkablecities #community #accessibility #nondrivers #drivers #sustainabletransportation #publictransportation #getinvolved #cardependency
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Learn how you can share your experiences! 📆 Saturday, September 19 & Friday, September 25. #WeekWithoutDriving is about stepping into the shoes of non-drivers and carrying out all your daily activities without driving yourself. 
#WeekWithoutDrivingPEI 
#WWDPEI
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
3/3 This is why rural mobility cannot always be improved by looking at individual routes in isolation. Integration between services (and alignment with the journeys people actually need to make) can be as important as the number of vehicles operating. Source: LinkedIn John Pinkard/Ansons Consulting
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
2/3 The practical offer depends on: • where the service goes • when it operates • how it connects with other services • whether the return journey is possible • the reliability of connections • how easily people can understand and plan the journey #RuralMobility #PublicTransport #PEI
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
1/2 A rural transport service can exist without providing a realistic travel option. A bus may serve a community, but that does not necessarily mean residents or visitors can use it for the journeys they need to make. #RuralMobility #PublicTransport #IntegratedTransport #PEI
Bus stop on a rural road.
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Barbara Dylla 🇨🇦 @walkbikebus.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Could you leave your car keys at home for a week and step in the shoes of a non-driver? #WeekWithoutDriving #PEI
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Kel Hudson @sequoiakelley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Made a fun #doodle with #spokanereimagined for #spokaneweekwithoutdriving and there’s #animals of course! I mean if a #moose is driving the #spokanetransit #bus you should probably call #spokanecity. But, for my doodle, it’s kinda #fun. #weekwithoutdriving starts October 1st! 🚴‍♀️🚍🛼
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
How would your days change if you had to give up your car for a week? Join the Week Without Driving PEI challenge from October 1 to 8, 2026. Scan the QR code below, or read more at transitmatterschtown.ca/wwd2026 

 #WeekWithoutDriving 
#WeekWithoutDrivingPEI 
#WWDPEI
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Building reliable transportation for all communities will take support at every level. 
 We need your stories now more than ever. Locally, we’re proud to join this movement to raise awareness for greater mobility needs in our communities.
 #WeekWithoutDriving 
#WeekWithoutDrivingPEI 
#WWDPEI
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
With inadequately funded public transit, an incomplete bike network, insufficient accessible transportation, and the ever-evolving need for sidewalk improvements, the lack of safe & accessible mobility options for non-drivers leaves too many residents stranded and struggling to access basic needs.
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
How would your days change if you had to give up your car for a week? Join the Week Without Driving PEI challenge from October 1 to 8, 2026. Scan the QR code below, or read more at transitmatterschtown.ca/wwd2026 

 #WeekWithoutDriving 
#WeekWithoutDrivingPEI 
#WWDPEI
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We need your stories now more than ever. Locally, we’re proud to join this movement to raise awareness for greater #mobility needs in our communities. Hosted by: Transit Matters Charlottetown, Spinal Cord Injury PEI, Fusion Charlottetown, UPEI's Climate Action Association #WeekWithoutDrivingPEI
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
With inadequately funded public transit, an incomplete bike network, insufficient accessible transportation, and the ever-evolving need for sidewalk improvements, the lack of safe & accessible mobility options for non-drivers leaves too many residents stranded and struggling to access basic needs.
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It also seems that the online schedules don't show effective dates (i.e. effective August 15, or an older date if no changes had been made). 🤔
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
So it seems that the weekend schedules for the buses that go to the QEH have not been improved. Can anyone confirm this?
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Good news! 🚌 Charlottetown Expands T3 Transit Weekend Service. 🚌 New Saturday and Sunday services begin Aug. 15 on select routes. #transit #publictransit #publictransport #Charlottetown #PEI
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@ariadnesuzet.bsky.social : Thread 👇
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
That's a solid start! Well done!
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
👋 Congratulations! 👏
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Correct. Most elected official don't understand. Maybe because they're drivers and seldom use transit (except for one of our local councillors who drives a city bus, which doesn't mean he understands).
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Funding public transit is climate action. Funding public transit supports affordability. Frequent public transit is safe public transit. Credit 👇
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Barbara Dylla 🇨🇦 @walkbikebus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"...adding permission for adults to ride on sidewalks under certain circumstances. These would be areas where bike lanes drop off and have low pedestrian traffic ..." And if there's no sidewalk where bike lane drops off? 1/
saltwire.com
Charlottetown looks at rolling stops, traffic lights and sidewalk riding for bicycles
Charlottetown's system of bicycle lanes, active transportation pathways is growing but still faces challenges.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This is one of the best things I've read in a while about the psychology of car supremacy, and how those of us who even *question* it are viewed as heretics. Thanks to @pflax1.bsky.social for sending this my way.
medium.com
We Don’t Have a Culture of Convenience in North America. We Have a CULT of Convenience.
And you can tell the difference by what happens when you question it.
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"The existing north collector route will be replaced by two separate services, improving reliability & increasing service frequency for residents and commuters travelling to and from these areas." Collector routes will hopefully one day be part of a more integrated network convenient for all users.
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Effective today! "The City is expanding T3 Transit service in Charlottetown’s north end with the launch of two new dedicated routes servicing Winsloe, Hidden Valley, the Sherwood industrial area, and the Charlottetown Alexander B. Campbell Airport." #transit #publictransport #Charlottetown #PEI
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
💯 Worth reading:
parkingreform.org
Parking Mandates, Equity, & Accessibility
“For those of us who can’t drive, there are a lot of barriers we see that are only able to be addressed through rethinking auto dependence”
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