You should do “table” (verb) next - that one really threw me at my first faculty meeting

Basically for the non-student segment of the UBC population, they have cars and would rather drive than deal with the unpleasantness that is the current transit situation. Students largely don’t have that luxury, hence the high rate of student transit ridership in comparison.

It’s true ridership drops substantially in the summer months, but I know a lot of UBC employees drive to work, many of whom would take skytrain if it existed. Similarly a lot of folks who live here drive to work, errands, etc but would take skytrain downtown if they could.

Treating UBC as only students ignores a good chunk of its population and fuels the narrative that the ubc skytrain extension would only benefit a small (privileged) temporary population who disappears 4 months out of the year.

Wesbrook alone is projected to have a population of over 16,000 by the time it’s built out - it’s the size of a small city in its own right. And that’s not including other UBC neighborhoods and UEL.

A bit disappointing this continues the framing that UBC skytrain is only for students - a lot of folks live out here who aren’t students, and a lot of folks work at UBC who would also benefit from having the skytrain to their place of work

@toddthelinguist.bsky.social the way this exchange lives permanently rent-free in my brain

For reference, here’s how he handles being told his reporting on academic freedom of speech scandals is inaccurate

FIRE actually did post about it! And their message is being *very* well-received

(He’s probably still workshopping how to make this the left’s fault.) @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social

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Holy false equivalences, Batman!