Goal: Identify the barriers faced by immigrants in accessing housing and transportation and determine how to address them

4.1       Assess vehicle accessibility (i.e. number of immigrants with/without cars).  Determine what is required to increase  active transportation use (i.e. non-car based transportation) of immigrants

4.2       Analyze whether the economic benefit is sufficient to extend transit services within and beyond the city (if so, expand transportation networks to Toronto and the county)

4.3       Increase access to public transportation to worksites; include a schedule to accommodate shift work

4.4       Ask Peterborough Transit to lower costs for newcomer students

4.5       Promote the Peterborough Transit destination card

4.6       Provide translation services

 What is happening: 

The Newcomer and Immigrant Access to Transit Project: CRRC and Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA) have teamed up on a Welcoming Communities Initiative (WCI) called the Newcomer and Immigrant Access to Transit Project in Peterborough! The project came out of a needs assessment, which identified publictransit as an issue of concern for many newcomers. Concerns included: discrimination on buses; schedules and routes. The goal of the project is to work alongside community groups, agencies, individual community members and Peterborough Public Transit to move forward towards a more accessible and inclusive transit system for all its users! WCI hopes to achieve these objectives by offering training, developing resources and building capacity of both transit workers and newcomer communities.

What You Can Do to Get Involved!

The PPCII is interested to hear about your transit projects! If your organization is currently focusing on local transportation within the city or county of Peterborough, please contact Safo Musta at s This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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