{"id":32137,"date":"2026-01-23T14:04:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/?p=32137"},"modified":"2026-01-23T14:12:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:12:03","slug":"brt-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/uncategorized\/2026\/01\/brt-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"BRT Is Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 2016 Instagram trend seems to have made its way to London City Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bus rapid transit is back!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Council is asking the province for cash to put a bus rapid transit route on Wharncliffe Road that runs by Western and to Masonville Mall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good idea? Or have we gone down this road before?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Craig looks at that story with London Deputy Mayor Shawn Lewis, United Way Elgin Middlesex CEO Kelly Ziegner and former Green Party candidate Carol Dyck on a brand new Friday Round Table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the 433rd episode of the podcast, the panel also looks at council&#8217;s upcoming debate over the winter response to homelessness, and a new ranking that says London has the 11th best quality of life in Canada (we did it!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Craig Needles Podcast is powered by Downtown London and the Covent Garden Market.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"podbean-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"podbean-shortcode\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=jnjcn-1a28b2b-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=0&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=f6f6f6&amp;font-color=auto&amp;logo_link=podcast_page&amp;btn-skin=c73a3a\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the show on your favourite podcast app:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/f6821161-c427-469e-ad54-a9913e45cf3e\/the-craig-needles-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon Music<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4bcTUq6pZZCFbD7EDdxJpw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/News--Politics-Podcasts\/The-Craig-Needles-Podcast-p1560524\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TuneIn<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/the-craig-needles-podcast\/id1593395773\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/269-the-craig-needles-podcast-236255548\/\">iHeart<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Craig on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NeedlesOnNews\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NeedlesOnNews\">Twitter\/X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/craigneedles.bsky.social\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/craigneedles.bsky.social\">Bluesky<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/craigneedlespodcast\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/craigneedlespodcast\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2016 Instagram trend seems to have made its way to London City Hall. 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