{"id":200,"date":"2020-04-20T23:43:18","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T23:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.journalism.ryerson.ca\/rurukaul\/?p=200"},"modified":"2020-06-30T14:57:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T14:57:39","slug":"commuter-students-at-ryerson-university-say-they-are-impacted-by-long-ttc-and-go-transit-commute-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/2020\/04\/20\/commuter-students-at-ryerson-university-say-they-are-impacted-by-long-ttc-and-go-transit-commute-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Commuter students at Ryerson University say they are impacted by long TTC and GO Transit commute times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>RSJ\/Aru Kaul<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-background-dim-10 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200421_183843_com.android.gallery3d.jpg);min-height:347px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<script id=\"infogram_0_ad76e31a-512d-4ab7-af23-9e65fef0599b\" title=\"main mode of transport\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed.js?8mT\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><div style=\"padding:8px 0;font-family:Arial!important;font-size:13px!important;line-height:15px!important;text-align:center;border-top:1px solid #dadada;margin:0 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/infogram.com\/ad76e31a-512d-4ab7-af23-9e65fef0599b\" style=\"color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">main mode of transport<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/infogram.com\" style=\"color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Infogram<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>A new poll conducted on Ryerson campus with 1302 responses, found that almost 69 per cent of student respondents rely on TTC or GO Transit to get to university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another way of looking at this is 900 students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryerson students experience a hindrance in their social and academic life because of the time spent commuting. Almost 40 per cent of surveyed students experience a travel time of longer than 50 minutes, indicated by the poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students who were interviewed said that commuting takes up a lot of their time and limits the time they spend on themselves. They said that many parts of their university life are affected such as social relations, education and extracurriculars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200420_233651-825x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200420_233651-825x1024.jpg 825w, https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200420_233651-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200420_233651-768x954.jpg 768w, https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200420_233651.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><figcaption>RSJ\/Aru Kaul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCommuting affects my social life. I can\u2019t be out downtown with my friends too late because I always have to make sure I get the train home,\u201d said Emma Kunzelmann, a second year journalism student.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-background-dim-10 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200421_174547_com.android.gallery3d.jpg)\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RSJ\/Aru Kaul<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The results from the poll show that the majority of the surveyed students are not involved with the Ryerson community. Almost 76 per cent are not active members of a student group, while almost 95 per cent are not part of a team through Ryerson Athletics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<script id=\"infogram_0_c7dd96e5-02c3-4516-9a12-09844cd36ff8\" title=\"Student involvement at Ryerson University\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed.js?Aev\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><div style=\"padding:8px 0;font-family:Arial!important;font-size:13px!important;line-height:15px!important;text-align:center;border-top:1px solid #dadada;margin:0 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/infogram.com\/c7dd96e5-02c3-4516-9a12-09844cd36ff8\" style=\"color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Student involvement at Ryerson University<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/infogram.com\" style=\"color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Infogram<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<script id=\"infogram_0_8b4ab7f5-d6fb-4138-b5f9-260b6d9372c1\" title=\"Students in Ryerson Athletics\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed.js?8eH\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><div style=\"padding:8px 0;font-family:Arial!important;font-size:13px!important;line-height:15px!important;text-align:center;border-top:1px solid #dadada;margin:0 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/infogram.com\/8b4ab7f5-d6fb-4138-b5f9-260b6d9372c1\" style=\"color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Students in Ryerson Athletics<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/infogram.com\" style=\"color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Infogram<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>If a club I want to join falls on a day I don\u2019t have class or an inconvenient time, I won\u2019t join it because of my commute. I schedule my life around my classes.\u201d<\/p><cite>Emma Kunzelmann, second year journalism<br><br><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Commuter students are often forced to cancel their commitments to clubs or student groups which limits their university involvement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200420_233852-1024x822.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200420_233852-1024x822.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200420_233852-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200420_233852-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200420_233852.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>RSJ\/Aru Kaul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m part of the Ryerson Engineering Student Society (RESS). I often have to leave meetings early because my commute time is so long and the way that GO schedules work,\u201d said Zyam Dewan, a first year mechanical engineering student.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Many students do not have the time for jobs or international learning. Almost 43 per cent of the surveyed students do not work and 60 per cent have not taken part in any international learning opportunities, despite wanting to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-color-intro-overlay-background-mod-background-color has-background-dim\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Ryerson&#8217;s commuter students<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This visual shows where the interviewed Ryerson students commute from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 100%;\"><div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 0; height: 0;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"1200px\" height=\"675px\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/view.genial.ly\/5e9e88a88695b90d87425eb5\" type=\"text\/html\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"yes\" allownetworking=\"all\"><\/iframe> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Students say that commuting is draining and leaves them with less time to study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy commute is one hour and 10 minutes through train or one hour and 20 minutes through bus. This leaves me with less time to study and do work,\u201d Dewan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 100%;\"><div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 0; height: 0;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"1200px\" height=\"675px\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/view.genial.ly\/5ea07b598695b90d8752a9fc\" type=\"text\/html\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"yes\" allownetworking=\"all\"><\/iframe> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy commute time of one hour and 30 minutes could be used to study, I don\u2019t like studying on trains. Having to commute for 8:00 a.m. classes is annoying, especially during midterms,\u201d said Gian Carlo Bolivar, a first year mechanical engineering student.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students are often impacted by TTC and GO Transit delays, which affects their commute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI experience long wait times and crowded trains. Sometimes there are GO Train delays or cancellations and I have to board the bus, which takes the highway, making my commute longer,\u201d said Tarang Bhavsar, a first year business technology management student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The delays often go on for so long that they cause students to miss their classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cWhen there was a subway cancellation, I used Google Maps to get to find a bus route to get to school. I ended up missing class because of it.\u201d<\/p><cite>Gian Carlo Bolivar, first year mechanical engineering<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-background-dim-10 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200421_203142.jpg);background-position:50% 13%\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>The cost of living in Toronto<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RSJ\/Aru Kaul<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students mentioned cost of living as their reason for choosing to commute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe costs of living for downtown is too high and commuting would be better for my situation,\u201d Dewan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is expensive to live in Toronto. As of 2019, a one bedroom condo can cost up to $2212 per month for one person, internet can cost up to $156.98 per month and transportation can cost up to $254.10 per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowestrates.ca\/cost-of-living\/toronto\" class=\"aioseop-link\">https:\/\/www.lowestrates.ca\/cost-of-living\/toronto<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<script id=\"infogram_0_c3a246ba-c6e4-4001-932c-951422274c12\" title=\"Cost of living in Toronto\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed.js?105\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><div style=\"padding:8px 0;font-family:Arial!important;font-size:13px!important;line-height:15px!important;text-align:center;border-top:1px solid #dadada;margin:0 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/infogram.com\/c3a246ba-c6e4-4001-932c-951422274c12\" style=\"color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cost of living in Toronto<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/infogram.com\" style=\"color:#989898!important;text-decoration:none!important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Infogram<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"986\" src=\"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200420_234411-1024x986.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200420_234411-1024x986.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200420_234411-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200420_234411-768x739.jpg 768w, https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/112\/2020\/04\/Screenshot_20200420_234411.jpg 1064w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>rsj\/aru kaul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>\u201cI choose to commute as I don\u2019t have the income or ability to afford a place to live in Toronto. It is highly expensive and then I would have to figure out grocery costs and make my own food,\u201d said Zarien Awan, a first year professional communication student.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-color-intro-overlay-background-mod-background-color has-background-dim\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Commuting impacts Ryerson students in many ways. Students said that it hinders their ability to be involved in school and it is time consuming. However, the students recognized that living in Toronto is expensive and commuting is the money saving option. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nRSJ\/Aru Kaul main mode of transportInfogram A new poll conducted on Ryerson campus with 1302 responses, found that almost 69 per cent of student respondents rely on TTC or GO Transit to get to university. Another way of looking at&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/2020\/04\/20\/commuter-students-at-ryerson-university-say-they-are-impacted-by-long-ttc-and-go-transit-commute-times\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Commuter students at Ryerson University say they are impacted by long TTC and GO Transit commute times&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":398,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-feature","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/398"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270,"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/rurukaul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}