Bob Bell

keeping you informed in Ward One

Current Ward Issues

Transit

What do you think?

October 2009

Preliminary route design is nearing completion, committee being formed to comment on proposal

 

June 2008

Council approves $250,000 to develop new routes and intercity transit  initiatives.

For the same old transit routes click here: http://guelph.ca/living.cfm?subCatID=1578&smocid=2156

February 2008

City Council has approved an increase in the frequency of service to twenty minutes from 7.00 am to approximately 7.00pm to beginning in September 2008. There will be no change in the route design.

Express routes will not be included in this new initiative.

Operating costs are expected to rise over 20% while ridership in expected to increase less than 5%

This will probably increase the rate of subsidy to transit to almost 60% which would make our system the most inefficient in the province.

Our old transit routes have remained unchanged for almost 40 years while the city has grown enormously.

 

I believe that the continuous improvement of transit is an important obligation of municipal  government.

 

Improvement means:

  1. Faster travel times for people commuting to work throughout the city, not just downtown or the university.

  2. Bus stop times posted on bus stop signs

  3. Route schedules that are maintainable every day.

  4. Increasing the percentage of people using transit.

  5. Reducing to level of fuel consumed.