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Seamus O’Regan

When he’s not getting up at the crack of dawn to host CTV’s popular morning show Canada AM, Seamus O’Regan is out on the town riding streetcars, subways and buses. He’s not doing it to make some grand point about saving the earth. He just genuinely thinks it’s easier to ride transit. Okay, so maybe he has a bit of a crush on the environment.

THE MOMENT: “I grew up in Labrador, in a town of 8,000 people. If someone had lectured me back then that I shouldn’t have a car, I would have laughed. How else was I supposed to get around? Back in those days, I had this real gas-guzzler: a big SUV. I loved that car. I had a bigger car than most people, but we all make mistakes and I would say that is mine. I’ve never forgotten how much money I spent on gas and how often I had to fill it up.”THE MISSION: “When I moved to Toronto, I decided I didn’t need a car. In a city with way too many cars and too few roads, it just makes sense. I’m of the mind that you don’t always have to make environmental choices because it feels good, but also because it makes sense. That’s my kind of environmentalism.”THE HABIT: “Transit isn’t perfect. As soon as I’m in a rush to go somewhere, I come out of my house and a bus goes by. It’s like a quirk in The Matrix. But whenever I’m not in a rush, no problem, I make every connection. It’s like, somehow, they know. During winter, it can get tough, but I’m pretty stubborn. I live at a corner where there’s plenty of access to the streetcars, buses and subway. Instead of paying for parking everywhere and adding pollution to the air, taking transit just makes sense.”

PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL RAJZMAN

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