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Comment by philwelch | Hacker News Reader

A little off-topic, but: how does Montreal have 19 different transit agencies!?

Not sure about Montreal as I'm not familiar with the names of the lesser agencies listed, but under "Toronto" they have listed Guelph Transit and Grand River Transit which are pretty far from Toronto, well outside of urban and metro area. Might be a similar deal for "Montreal."

Edit: for Montreal they mostly look like agencies for Montreal's suburbs (RTL, STL) and minor agencies for smaller towns outside Montreal urban area. They do all connect to Montreal itself either directly or via the commuter rail (AMT) and express bus service.

Yeah, like Jarek said. A bunch of very small agencies in cities close to Montreal, but not far/big enough to give them a "dedicated" city page/bundle...

I'm still curious about the inclusion of GRT under Toronto. I realize the region isn't that large but that's not an intuitive classification for locals - unless they go off exploring and check the agencies listed under Toronto, they might think it's not supported.

I agree. It's also a problem for Victoria and Kelowna in BC, which are both listed under Vancouver. We need to find a way to better communicate this information in the near future. Maybe something like a search or use the browser's geolocating services to tell you whether your area is supported or not.

Wow, I totally didn't realize Victoria and Kelowna were actually supported from reading the Vancouver list. (I live in Vancouver now.) I know the BC Transit thing is a pain in the ass from naming perspective, but yeah, get that reworked when you have the time.

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